2007-08-04 16:42:14 · 4 answers · asked by sharifmck 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Brooklyn is a corruption of the Dutch name for the settlement of "Breuckelen", established by the Dutch settlers in 1646 on part of the city now known as Brookyln. They named it after a city in the Netherlands from which some of them had come.
The meaning of the Dutch name is "broken up land, or marshy land". It's basically the equivalent of "brook-land".
http://www.sacklunch.net/placenames/B/Brooklyn.html
http://www.bitterpill.org/logid/1092346930000
http://nyfd.com/history/bfd.html
compare origin of English "brook" as "marsh"
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=brook
2007-08-04 17:16:18 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am quite sure it was named after the Brooklyn Dodgers ...... a ball team that used to play there.
2007-08-06 15:27:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name comes from the Dutch "Breukelen" which means "broken land." It is either from the look of the terrain or simply after the Breukelen municipality near Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
2007-08-04 16:48:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anna C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well...not really sure on its history, many towns and cities are named after their founder or some historical event that took place in that area.
2007-08-04 16:51:33 · answer #4 · answered by Terryn M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋