No he’s right, it’s named after the Ditch province. Coincidence that Sjælland is written Zealand
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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day agoIt’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 😄
frank@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
nightlily@leminal.space 21 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.