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From: "Richard Kitchen" <>
Subject: Re: Stadt Huys
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 13:58:10 PDT


>In the seventeenth century, 'Stadt' = city; and 'Staat' = state.
>
>A 'town' could be a 'stadt', a 'stedken', a 'groot dorp'
>A country town or village = 'dorp' or ' enn vlek'
>A fortified town or city = 'een sterke stadt
>A hamlet = 'een Gehucht'


Very interesting, Ruth. Thanks for this. Any idea what "Wijck" means? My
ancestor, Pieter Claesen, took the name Wyckoff (Wijckhoff) when the English
made all the Dutch come up with surnames.

Rick Kitchen

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