The sea between Denmark and Sweden, Kattegat, can be translated to "a fishes cloaca on a cat" from danish (lemmy.sdf.org)

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"Katte-" as a prefix means relating to a cat. Eg. "Kattepoter" = "cats paws"

Gat means the cloaca on a fish or a bird (cloaca is the all-in-one hole on fish, birds, etc.)

I realize this is probably a very wrong interpretation, but in that case, i don't want to be right.

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[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 32 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You're close, the name does derive from kat and gat, dutch words for cat and gate/passage/hole, respectively. The safe routes were so narrow, even a cat would have trouble squeezing through.

[-] kubok@kbin.social 10 points 9 months ago

In Dutch, it just means cat's asshole.

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 9 months ago

Any hole, really.

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