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Arnhem Land, AUS; Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve, Eastern Cape, ZA; Bergen County, New Jersey, USA; Nassau County, New York, USA; Mount Wilhelmina, former name of Puncak ...
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 .
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 ...
Imrryr, also known as the Dreaming City and Imrryr the Beautiful, was the capital city of Melniboné for a 10,000-year-old dynasty until the last emperor, Elric of Melniboné, burnt it to the ground. Prior to its destruction, Imrryr had tall towers that shone with many different colors in the light of the sun, and a seaport that was one of the ...
Town Name Origin Notes Azure City The Order of the Stick: Fictional capital of a country of the same name, the setting for a large portion of the Webcomic The Order of the Stick. Brigadoon Brigadoon: Brigadoon is a village in the Scottish Highlands, the setting of the musical of the same name. Chako Paul City [24] Chinese press agencies
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 ...
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Illyria is also an ancient Greek & Roman name for a part of the Balkans. Illyria is again used as a fictional kingdom in the film, Secret Society of Second-Born Royals; Irania: small European kingdom from the film Trouble for Two. Ingenistan: Small kingdom in Svalbard. The name comes from the youtuber Ingen.