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This is a list of place names in the United States that either are Dutch, were translated from Dutch, or were heavily inspired by a Dutch name or term. Many originate from the Dutch colony of New Netherland.
Amsterdam Island, Spitsbergen; Amsterdam Island, Southern Indian Ocean; Bear Island, Norway; Bedloe's Island, now Liberty Island, New York-NJ, USA; Block Island ...
The Dutch word for city is stad (plural: steden). The intermediate category of town does not exist in Dutch, but provinciestad (small city in the province) comes close. Historically, there existed systems of city rights, granted by the territorial lords, which defined the status of a place: a stad or dorp. Cities were self-governing and had ...
The town's name comes from the large estate established by the ... The name Rockaway was given by Dutch Settlers in 1715. ... Maddie McGay is the real estate reporter for NorthJersey.com ...
Map c.1634. An early name for Brooklyn was Gebroke Land, or broken land, likely because of its many streams, rivers, and tidal flats. Early maps refer to western Long Island as Gebroken Land, or "Broken Land," [38] though most believe the city, and later borough, was named for the Dutch town whose contemporary spelling is Breukelen. Some say ...
Many cities in Europe have different names in different languages. Some cities have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. Below are listed the known different names for cities that are geographically or historically and culturally in Europe, as well as some smaller towns that are important because of their location or history.
Map of the Netherlands. This is a list of municipalities in the Netherlands which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
Name Municipality Coordinates Aagtdorp: Bergen: Aalsmeer: Aalsmeer: Aalsmeerderbrug: Haarlemmermeer: Aartswoud: Opmeer: Abbekerk: Medemblik: Abbenes: Haarlemmermeer