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From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter)
Subject: Re: need English names of non-English cities and countries
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In article <3rsier$pna@prime.mdata.fi> pulkkine@mits.mdata.fi (Jussi Pulkkinen) writes:
 > And
 > *>"Dunkirk" for Dunkerque
 >  
 > comes from Dunenkirchen (spelling is approximate) which means Church 
 > between the dunes. Or something in that direction in Flamish.
 > 
Duinkerken.  From the time when Flemish was an official language there.
Apparently it is now officially accepted as second language.
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