• nightlily@leminal.spaceEnglish
    6·
    16 days ago

    It’s actually the Dutch province of Zeeland which is notable for being otherwise completely unnotable.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      1·
      16 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 😄

      • frank@sopuli.xyz
        4·
        16 days ago

        No he’s right, it’s named after the Dutch province. Coincidence that Sjælland is written Zealand

      • nightlily@leminal.spaceEnglish
        3·
        15 days ago

        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.