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minus-squaremarcoslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 days agoThey always insist Old Zealand was replaced in the 19th Century; don’t believe it people!
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 days agoNah, Old Zealand is still over there points east to other part of Denmark
minus-squarenightlily@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 days agoIt’s actually the Dutch province of Zeeland which is notable for being otherwise completely unnotable.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days ago It’s actually the Dutch province of Zeeland Nope. Zee ≠ Zea which is notable for being otherwise completely unnotable. Lots of islands like that in Denmark 😄
minus-squarefrank@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 days agoNo he’s right, it’s named after the Dutch province. Coincidence that Sjælland is written Zealand
minus-squarenightlily@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days agoNew Zealand was named Nova Zeelandia by Dutch cartographers which was then Anglicised to New Zealand. It’s named after the Dutch province. Denmark had nothing to do with it.
They always insist Old Zealand was replaced in the 19th Century; don’t believe it people!
Nah, Old Zealand is still over there
points east to other part of Denmark
It’s actually the Dutch province of Zeeland which is notable for being otherwise completely unnotable.
Nope. Zee ≠ Zea
Lots of islands like that in Denmark 😄
No he’s right, it’s named after the Dutch province. Coincidence that Sjælland is written Zealand
New Zealand was named Nova Zeelandia by Dutch cartographers which was then Anglicised to New Zealand. It’s named after the Dutch province. Denmark had nothing to do with it.