where did this place gets its name from?
From the Dutch colonial name " Breuckelen".
Brooklyn
The name Brooklyn is derived from the original Dutch colonial name "Breuckelen".
who is sandy koufax? A former professional baseball player. where was he born? Brooklyn, New York. where did he study? Lafayette High School. what is the climate like in the aforementioned place? A humid subtropical climate.
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Brooklyn [SEP] Etymology
The name Brooklyn is derived from the original Dutch colonial name "Breuckelen". The oldest mention of the settlement in the Netherlands, is in a charter of 953 of Holy Roman Emperor Otto I, namely "Broecklede". This is a composition of the two words "broeck", meaning bog or marshland and "lede", meaning small (dug) water stream specifically in peat areas. Breuckelen in the American continent is established in 1646, the name first appeared in print in 1663. The Dutch colonists named it after the scenic town of Breukelen, Netherlands. Over the past two millennia, the name of the ancient town in Holland has been "Bracola", "Broccke", "Brocckede", "Broiclede", "Brocklandia", "Broekclen", "Broikelen", "Breuckelen" and finally "Breukelen".