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The Dutch (who were the first Europeans to settle New York City) named it "Breukelen," which means "broken land." They named it Breukelen after a municipality in the province of Utrecht, in their homeland of the Netherlands (there is a New Utrecht Avenue in Brooklyn, too). Eventually, the name evolved from "Breukelen" to "Brooklyn."

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