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• HK65@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Wait until they figure it out that Harlem is named after the Amsterdam suburb, since New York was originally New Amsterdam.

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  • Vinny_93@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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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    • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

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

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      • Vinny_93@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        I got my first covid shor 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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    • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      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 title of nobility. The guy that was granted the area was a Jonkheer.

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    • wezzzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      We still are 😢

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      • Vinny_93@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

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

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  • nailingjello@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I recall that from Istanbul (not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants

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• meldrik@lemmy.wtf ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  This is closer in spelling: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealand 😂

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