• beanyor [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Although the name of Denmark's Zealand had nothing to do with the Dutch, for some reason the shallow sea above Zealand was named by the Dutch though. They called it "kattegat", which means "cat's hole" because it was so difficult to navigate that metaphorically only a cat could squeeze through.

        • huf [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          that's not quite what i imagined upon reading "cat's hole"...