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    What province of the mountainless Netherlands, got its name from Germanic for "yellow mountains land"?

    Question #108115. Asked by flem-ish. (Aug 18 09 10:34 PM)


    queproblema

    "Gelderland, The Netherlands--A province whose name refers to a sandy stretch of terrain with a few hills in the south‐east from the Germanic gelwa ‘yellow’ and haru ‘mountain’, with the additional land."
    http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Gelderland.html

    Aug 18 09, 10:42 PM


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