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[–] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] KellysNokia@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

By this logic Canada should be called New Newfoundland

[–] oo1@lemmings.world 27 points 11 hours ago

It's a province in the Netherlands. It's only \ few hundred km from legoland in Denmark - the dude should get out more - I bet he only goes to the central bit of Old Amsterdam.

[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 3 points 7 hours ago

So named by famed Dutch explorer Abel Tasman

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Tasman

Who on his most famous voyage, mapped the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand and Tasmania while managing to completely miss continental Australia.

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago
[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 hours ago

What is denis YT doing in lemmy

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 74 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

A province in the Netherlands. Lots of sea there; translates "sea land".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeeland

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 6 hours ago

Ah, so there's Zealand Classic. Thank you!

[–] Red0ctober@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

Damn, that makes total sense

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

translates to "sea land."

Ah sweet. Can I see Shamu?

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 2 points 15 hours ago

Is the Epcot at Disneyland?

[–] bi_tux@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

there is actually an indie game in which old zealand exists, it's called nuclear drifter and is a bit like the first fallout games, it's pretty fun and you should check it out on steam, it's even free I think

[–] nebulaone@lemmy.world 26 points 23 hours ago
[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 33 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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 41 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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@sopuli.xyz 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

The one that goes past Nyenrode, through Loenen

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours 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.

[–] wezzzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours 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 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 1 points 8 hours ago

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

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

"Satellite city" might do the trick.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Fair enough, I just wanted to say that I meant no insult to the good people of Haarlem.

[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 2 points 22 hours ago

And the rest?

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 7 points 22 hours ago

Wait, it's all Randstad?

Always has been.

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[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] zout@fedia.io 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That article literally says the other one is what New Zealand is named after.

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 7 points 1 day ago
[–] PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee 11 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

"Trust you? You don't even know where New Zealand is."

"You can dance your way there from Old Zealand...."

[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

"...that's China."

"YOU'RE China!"

[–] PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee 2 points 6 hours ago

That's an outrageous accusation.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

“You’re an idiot, J.D.”

[–] LEONHART@slrpnk.net 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Why they changed it, I can't say...

[–] CetaceanNeeded@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

People just liked it better that way.

[–] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 5 points 19 hours ago

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Underwater actually. Zealandia did exist

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Zeeland still exists, it's between Zuid-Holland and Belgium

[–] superkret@feddit.org 11 points 1 day ago

stop making up country names, funny man.

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Zealandia is not old Zealand.... The name comes from a province in the Netherlands.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeeland

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 4 points 19 hours ago

Unbelievable, I would never have guessed

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

We know where the old one is and it's basically on all world maps - it's the New Zealand that keeps disappearing from them.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago

That would be straya

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