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• Vinny_93@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨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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  • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • Vinny_93@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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      • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Nice yeah I know exactly which road you mean, with the crazy houses.

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  • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We still are 😢

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    • Vinny_93@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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