Congrats USA, you're Dutch!
Congrats USA, you're Dutch!
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Sorry no with the "Wall Street : Walstraat". Its called Wall Street because there was an actual wall there. Unless Walstraat is the literal translation of Wall Street, that's false."Once upon a time, before New York City was a city, there really was a wall. It was built in 1644, on the lower end of Manhattan "Island" by the Dutch to protect against British attacks. Years later, the defensive wall was gone, but the road alongside remained and was, of course, called Wall Street. We think of Wall Street as the financial center of the world, but it hasn't always been this way. "
- exactly.. Dutch word for old water defenses is Wal. And in Holland you have plent of those streetnames as well: Walstraat.janne76
- Walstraat.janne76
- this shit has been studied by historians and language experts. do not belittle them!
grrr...janne76 - It likely would have been called Wall Street either way... because of the wall and such. :)ETM