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The Dutch heritage of New York
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By Thomas Lundberg
For being such a diminutive country, the Netherlands sure has left a disproportionately large footprint on the world throughout the centuries. The Dutch language has influenced a number of words in English, and the people have left their mark in the form of Dutch place names around the world, in cities like New York. But how exactly did this happen?
The Dutch history of New York
From the 17th century onwards, Dutch explorers and colonists founded settlements on many continents across the globe and used place names from back home to add some familiarity to a strange new world. If you've been to modern-day New York, it can be difficult to believe that it all started out as a humble Dutch trading post of the West-Indische Compagnie (WIC) - but that's exactly what happened, and that history has certainly left its mark on the city.
Welcome to New Amsterdam
In 1625, Dutch settlers founded Nieuw-Amsterdam as the capital of Nieuw-Nederland on the island of Manna-hata, which according to the Native Americans meant "island of many hills". Henry Hudson, an Englishman sailing for the Dutch East India Company (VOC), recorded the Native American name Manna-hata, which later became Manhattan.
Some Dutch place names in New York:
The Battery (Manhattan, after the batterij or battery of cannons stationed along the shoreline)
Bronx (New York, after Jonas Bronck)
Broadway (Manhattan, after breede wegh which means broad road)
Brooklyn (New York, after Breukelen)
Bushwick (Brooklyn, after Boswijck)
Coney Island (Brooklyn, after Conyne Eylandt, which means "Rabbit Island")
Cornelia Street (Manhattan, after Cornelia Herring)
Dutch Kills (Queens, any local names ending in Kill are of Dutch origin)
Dutch Street (Manhattan)
Flushing (Queens, after Vlissingen)
Gravesend (Brooklyn, after 's Gravesande)
Greenwich Village (Manhattan, after Groenwijck, meaning "Green District")
Harlem (New York, after Haarlem)
Hells Gate (New York, after Helle Gadt, referring to dangerous currents in the East River)
Hempstead (New York, after Heemstede)
Holland Tunnel, Holland Avenue
Long Island (New York, after Lange Eylandt named by Adriaen Block, 1614)
Nassau Street (Manhattan)
New Dorp (Staten Island, dorp means village)
New Utrecht Avenue (Brooklyn)
Rhode Island (neighboring US state, after Roodt Eylandt which means "Red Island")
Spuyten Duyvil Creek (after Spuitende Duivel or "Spitting Devil", referring to dangerous currents)
Staten Island (after Staten-Generaal)
Wall Street (Manhattan, after the city wall around Nieuw-Amsterdam)
Yonkers (after Jonker, Jonkheer and jonge Heer, meaning "young Gentleman")
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