Subject: Re: Remember Nederland??<br/>
Date: Nov 11, 2001 @ 23:15<br/>
Author: Peter Smaardijk (&quot;Peter Smaardijk&quot; &lt;smaardijk@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-278740490">I believe the Fens have that name. The area is very flat and wet and <br/>
reminiscent of Holland, and for a good reason, too: parts of it were <br/>
made dry by Dutch engineers. Especially King&#39;s Lynn used to be a city <br/>
with very strong Dutch influences.<br/>
<br/>
I believe that this occurs more often in the world: parts of the <br/>
Vistula delta in Poland were also made dry by the Dutch, and are <br/>
called Holland by the inhabitants. In St. Petersburg, there is the <br/>
city quarter with the old naval yard, called Novaja Gollandija (New <br/>
Holland).<br/>
<br/>
Peter S.<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., &quot;Brendan Whyte&quot; &lt;brwhyte@h...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; Southeast Lincolnshire in England used to be called &quot;Parts of <br/>
Holland&quot;. The <br/>
&gt; foreign placenames, esp in New England may be naed for that <br/>
Holland, not the <br/>
&gt; foreign imitation ;-)<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Anyone know WHY that part of England had that name??<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; BW<br/>
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