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  2. Amsterdam - Wikipedia

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    Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands on 10 May 1940 and took control of the country. Some Amsterdam citizens sheltered Jews, thereby exposing themselves and their families to a high risk of being imprisoned or sent to concentration camps. More than 100,000 Dutch Jews were deported to Nazi concentration camps, of whom some 60,000 lived in Amsterdam.

  3. List of place names of Dutch origin - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. History of Amsterdam - Wikipedia

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    The Yiddish language of Eastern ... of the Netherlands which unified the low countries (1815–1830). Amsterdam was the capital ... Map of the Enlarged Amsterdam in ...

  5. List of place names of Dutch origin in the United States

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    Amsterdam, New Jersey; Arthur Kill [a] Barnegat: Barnegat Bay, Barnegat Branch Trail, Barnegat Inlet, Barnegat Light, New Jersey, Barnegat Lighthouse State Park, Barnegat Peninsula, Barnegat Township, New Jersey, Barnegat (CDP), New Jersey

  6. List of U.S. places named after non-U.S. places - Wikipedia

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    For the purposes of this list, place means any named location that is smaller than a county or equivalent: cities, towns, villages, hamlets, neighborhoods, municipalities, boroughs, townships, civil parishes, localities, census-designated places, and some districts. Also included are country homes, castles, palaces, and similar institutions.

  7. Dutch Americans - Wikipedia

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    In the first half of the twentieth century, the Dutch language was hardly spoken in North America, with the exception of first generation Dutch immigrants. The marks of the Dutch heritage — in language, in reference to historical Dutch people (for example Stuyvesant) and in reference to Dutch places — can still be seen. There are about 35 ...

  8. List of Dutch Americans - Wikipedia

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    The first Dutch settlers arrived in America in 1624 and founded a number of villages, a town called New Amsterdam and the Colony of New Netherland on the East Coast. New Amsterdam became New York when the Treaty of Breda was signed in 1667. According to the 2006 United States Census, more than 5 million Americans claim total or partial Dutch ...

  9. List of country-name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The continental part of the country bore the name Tanah Melayu (literally 'Malay Land') or Malaya until 1963, when Federation of Malaysia was formed together with the territories of Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore (the latter withdrew in 1965). The name change indicated the change of the country's boundaries beyond Malay Peninsula.