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• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It’s actually the Dutch province of Zeeland

  Nope. Zee ≠ Zea

  which is notable for being otherwise completely unnotable.

  Lots of islands like that in Denmark 😄

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  • nightlily@leminal.space ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    New Zealand was named Nova Zeelandia by Dutch cartographers which was then Anglicised to New Zealand. It’s named after the Dutch province. Denmark had nothing to do with it.

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  • frank@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    No he’s right, it’s named after the Ditch province. Coincidence that Sjælland is written Zealand

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