• Vinny_93@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Also Brooklyn is named after Breukelen. Vancouver was named after Van Coevorden. Tasmania was named after Abel Tasman.

    It’s almost as if the Netherlands used to be relevant in world exploration

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      And Staten Island was named after the governing body of the Netherlands. Staten-Generaal (States-General)

      Yonkers comes from the Dutch word Jonkheer. Which is a low ranking title of nobility similar to Squire. The guy that was granted the area was a Jonkheer.

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      2 months ago

      Never made the connection between Brooklyn and breukelen… Which is a lovely place btw.

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        I got my first covid shot in Breukelen because it was my only option. Later I would go through it to get to Utrecht because it is so much more beautiful than just taking the A2

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        The world is pretty much all explored. ‘We’ are only relevant in supplying lithography machines to the chip industry. Oh and farmers.