Gooise MerenA municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.
goropismA hypothesis, similar to the one originally propounded by Goropius which is now discredited, that some attested or modern language such as Dutch, Hebrew, or Turkish was the original language of human beings.
Hanny's VoorwerpA voorwerpje in the Leo Minor constellation near the galaxy IC 2497. The first such object discovered, an intergalactic gas cloud lit up by an extinguished quasar. The quasar jet has burned a hole in the intergalatic cloud, and some collapse, causing star formation, making this voorwerpje a candidate as a galaxy or star cluster.
KangeaneseOf or relating to Kangean, its inhabitants, or their language or culture.
keelhaulTo punish by dragging under the keel of a ship with the intent of causing painful injuries.
klipdasA small mammal (Hyrax capensis), found in South Africa, that closely resembles the daman.
Konfrontasithe armed conflict fought between Indonesia and British-backed Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) from 1963 to 1969 in response to the British allies formation of Federation of Malaysia (conclusion of British Malaya, British Sarawak, British North Borneo, and British Singapore)
Prince's FlagA Dutch historical flag, originally used by the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years War, with three horizontal stripes: orange, white, and blue.
queestingAn old custom in Holland by which sweethearts were allowed to share a bed and talk together, without any amorous activity.
riempieA strip of worked leather, especially as used to form crisscrossed patterns on the back of chairs etc.
rixdollarAn obsolete currency used in much of continental Europe, as well as some Dutch colonies (even after they had become British).
rollicheA kind of sausage, made in a bag of tripe, sliced and fried, famous among the Dutch of New Amsterdam.
rotcheA small alcid of the north Atlantic, the little auk, Alle alle.
SpocanianA constructed language created by Dutch linguist Rolandt Tweehuysen, intended to serve as the language of Spocania, a fictional island group in the Atlantic Ocean.
stadthouseA town hall in a Dutch-speaking country or (former) colony.
States GeneralA representative assembly in the Habsburg Netherlands (until 1581) and subsequently in the Dutch Republic (until 1795), representing the three estates of clergy, nobles and commons.
stokeholeThe aperture through which a furnace is fed or tended.
SundalandA biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia which encompasses the areas of the Asian continental shelf that was exposed during the last ice age
van der Waals forceThe relatively weak attraction between neutral atoms and molecules arising from polarization induced in each particle by the presence of other particles.