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==Toponymy==
The name Brooklyn is derived from the original [[Netherlands|Dutch]] town of [[Breukelen]]. The oldest mention of the settlement in the Netherlands is in a charter of 953 by [[Holy Roman Emperor Otto I]] as ''Broecklede''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Manten|first=A. A.|date=June 19, 2020|title=Hoe oud is Breukelen?|url=https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/215105|journal=Tijdschrift Historische Kring Breukelen|volume=1983, volume 2|pages=72|hdl=1874/215105|via=Utrecht University}}</ref> This form is made up of the words ''broeck'', aning bog or [[marshland]], and ''lede'', meaning small (dug) water stream, specifically inn peat areas.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Faber|first=Hans|date=June 19, 2020|title=Attingahem Bridge|url=https://www.frisiacoasttrail.com/post/2020/02/16/attingahem-bridge|website=www.frisiacoasttrail.com}}</ref> Breuckelen on the American continent was established in 1646, and the name first appeared in print in 1663.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Carroll|first1=Maurice|title=Historical District Named in Brooklyn|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/09/16/archives/historical-district-named-in-brooklyn.html|access-date=July 16, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 16, 1971}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Dexter|first1=Franklin B.|title=The History of Connecticut, as Illustrated by the Names of Her Towns|journal=Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society|date=April 1885|page=438|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hvpp6hT5QxUC&pg=PA438|publisher=American Antiquarian Society}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Powell|first1=Lyman Pierson|title=Historic Towns of the Middle States|date=1899|publisher=G. P. Putnam's sons|page=[https://archive.org/details/historictownsmi00powegoog/page/n259 216]|url=https://archive.org/details/historictownsmi00powegoog|access-date=July 16, 2017|language=en}}</ref>
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''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Winter|first1=J. M. Van|title=Sources concerning the hospitallers of St John in the Netherlands: 14th–18th centuries|date=1998|publisher=Brill|isbn=9004108033|page=765|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vvbw3yYunS0C&pg=PA765|access-date=July 16, 2017|language=en}}</ref> The New Amsterdam settlement of ''Breuckelen'' also went through many spelling variations, including ''Breucklyn'', ''Breuckland'', ''Brucklyn'', ''Broucklyn'', ''Brookland'', ''Brockland'', ''Brocklin'', and ''Brookline/Brook-line''. There have been so many variations of the name that its origin has been debated; some have claimed ''breuckelen'' means "broken land."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ellis|first1=Edward Robb|title=The Epic of New York City: A Narrative History|date=2011|publisher=Basic Books|isbn=9780465030538|page=42|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3o03BAAAQBAJ&language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Brooklyn |volume= 4 | pages= 647-649}}</ref>
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