• ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝English
    361·
    3 months ago

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

    • Vinny_93@lemmy.world
      44·
      3 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

      • Obi
        6·
        3 months ago

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

        • Vinny_93@lemmy.world
          3·
          3 months ago

          I got my first covid shot 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

      • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
        5·
        3 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 low ranking title of nobility similar to Squire. The guy that was granted the area was a Jonkheer.

        • Vinny_93@lemmy.world
          4·
          3 months ago

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

    • zout@fedia.io
      23·
      3 months ago

      Haarlem is not a suburb but it’s own city, it is actually the capital of the North-Holland province.

      • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝English
        12·
        3 months ago

        Sorry, I think it might have been something lost in translation, I was trying to say “settlement located close by and heavily influenced by another much bigger settlement”. I don’t know a better word for it.

      • Justin@lemmy.jlh.name
        1·
        3 months ago

        I think suburb in English can mean nearby cities, too. For example, Alexandria, Virginia is a suburb of Washington, DC.