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What was Brooklyn's original name?
Brooklyn has it's foundation has carried this name.It was named after the Dutch town Breukelen
How did Brooklyn get its name?
Brooklyn was named Breuckelen by Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam, before they were displaced by the British. It means "marshland" in Dutch and is the name of a town near Utrecht, just to the east of South Holland.
What does the dutch Brooklyn mean?
It comes from the Dutch town of Breukelen, which doesn't really mean anything.
How did Germantown. Maryland gets its name?
Many early settlers who operated businesses there were German immigrants or Pennsylvania Dutch and their accents gave the town its name.
What name is used for the mayor of an Austrian dutch flemish or German town?
The mayor of a Dutch town is called - burgemeester
The indianans gave Georg this name which meant''Town Taker'?
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What has the author A J Beekman written?
A. J. Beekman has written: 'History of the corporation of the Reformed Dutch Church of the town of Brooklyn. (Known as the First Reformed Dutch Church)' -- subject(s): Old First Reformed Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
What is the name of Dutch cheese town that ends in m?
edam
Who gave north its name?
a town
Is vanmeter a dutch last name?
Yes, Van Meter is a Dutch surname, derived from the Dutch phrase "van Meteren" meaning "from Meteren," a town in the Netherlands.
What is nationality of van winkle name?
Dutch; the meaning is: "from the town of Winkel, in Holland".
What Dutch town was Brooklyn named after?
In the mid 1600's a man named Paulus Vanderbeck was an original Brooklyn Patentee. He was AA ships surgeon for the Dutch West India company when he decided to settle in New York. He purchased and acquired a large tract of land and operated a farm and later a Ferry service. His last name Vanderbeck, translates to "of the Breuk" in English "Brook". To wit, when people rode the Ferry he operated they landed on Brook's Land or Breuklyn. The modern day Brooklyn.
