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What 16th century Ottomans thought Europe looked like on top of an actual map of Europe (files.catbox.moe)

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[-] Bashnagdul@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Lake, meer means lake. Achtermeer is best translated as back lake, or behind lake. Assuming achter in this case is used as this. It could also mean the lake of Acht. Since Acht could also be the name of a location. See Markermeer.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

TY. Funny how German and Dutch switch meaning here:

meer – der See
zee – das Meer, die See.

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