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The island's name, Sint Eustatius, is Dutch for Saint Eustace (also spelled Eustachius or Eustathius), a legendary Christian martyr, known in Spanish as San Eustaquio and in Portuguese as Santo Eustáquio or Santo Eustácio. The island's prior Dutch name was Nieuw Zeeland ('New Zeeland'), named by the Zeelanders who settled there in the 1630s.
Oranjestad (Dutch pronunciation: [oːˈrɑɲəstɑt]; English: Orange [4] Town) is a small town of 1,038 inhabitants; [1] it is the capital and largest town of the island of Sint Eustatius in the Caribbean Netherlands. It is not to be confused with the far larger Oranjestad in Aruba.
The celebration of Saint Eustache and his companions was included in the Roman Calendar from the twelfth century until 1969, when it was removed because of the completely fabulous character of the saint's Acta, [25] [26] resulting in a lack of sure knowledge about them. However, his feast is still observed by Roman Catholics who follow the pre ...
The island of Aruba is also an constituent country of the Kingdom; Aruba gaining its status in 1986 after seceding from The Netherlands Antilles. The constituent countries of the Dutch kingdom are autonomous (self-governing) while the special municipalities (Caribbean Netherlands) are legally part of the constituent country of The Netherlands.
St. Eustatius, a Dutch-controlled island in the West Indies, was an entrepot that operated as a major trading centre despite its relatively small size. During the American War of Independence it assumed increased importance, because a British blockade made it difficult to transport supplies directly across the Atlantic Ocean to US ports.
Saint-Eustache (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿østaʃ] ⓘ) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada, west of Montreal on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles. It is located 35 km (22 mi) northwest of Montreal.
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Yale was an amateur of yachting in Saint-Eustache along with his brother-in-law Joseph Lacombe, who owned the neighboring island named Joseph-Lacombe Island. [104] In 1913, he was part of the regatta races; his yacht "Claire" won the first place in a contest at the nautical club. [105]