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Brooklyn

Dutch (from a place name) · F
“named after the Dutch town of Breukelen”
Where it comes from
Breukelen, a town in the Netherlands
Also known as
No cross-language variants; an English place-name-turned-given-name
Fun Fact
The New York City borough of Brooklyn is itself named after the Dutch town of Breukelen, and the borough's name was only later adopted as a given name, making this a place name with two full steps of geographic history behind it.
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