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| Gender | masculine |
|---|---|
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Arnold, Arnoud |
| Related names | Arnaldus |
Arnoldus is a given name. Notable persons with that name include:
Arnoald, also called Arnoldus or Arnual, was a Bishop of Metz between 601 and 609 or 611, the successor of his uncle Agilulf. He was the son of Ansbertus, a Senator, and his wife Blithilde.
Arnoldus van Anthonissen, was a Dutch Golden Age marine painter.
Arnoldus Arlenius Peraxylus,, born Arndt or Arnout van Eyndhouts or van Eynthouts, also known as Arnoud de Lens, was a Dutch humanist philosopher and poet.
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Zwijndrecht is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands. It is located in the province of South Holland, at the southern tip of the island of IJsselmonde, and at the confluence of the rivers Oude Maas, Beneden-Merwede, and Noord.
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed in the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam.
Robbert is a Dutch form of the masculine given name Robert. People with the name include:
Cees is a Dutch masculine given name, a short form of Cornelis. Since, as in English, the letter "c" before "e" is normally pronounced in Dutch, the alternative spelling Kees is more common.
Twan is a Dutch masculine given name. It is a phonetic spelling of "Toine", short for "Antoine", the French form of Anthony/Antonius. People with the name include:
Joost is a male Dutch first name. It derives from the name Jodocus, which can ultimately be traced back to St. Judoc, a Breton saint of the 7th century: Jodocus → Josse → Joos → Joost.
Cornelis is a Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees, Neel and Nelis.
Zwarte Piet is the companion of Saint Nicholas in the folklore of the Low Countries. The character first appeared in an 1850 book by Amsterdam schoolteacher Jan Schenkman. Traditionally, Zwarte Piet is black because he is a Moor from Spain. Those portraying Zwarte Piet usually put on blackface make-up and colourful Renaissance attire, in addition to curly wigs and bright red lipstick. In recent years, the character has become the subject of controversy.
Camerata Trajectina is a Dutch early music ensemble.
German: [ˈjan]
Dutch: [ˈjɑn]
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Kees is a masculine given name common in the Netherlands, originally derived from the name Cornelis. An alternate spelling is Cees.
Maarten is a Dutch language male given name. It is a cognate to and the standardized Dutch form of Martin, as in for example Sint Maarten.
Gerhardus and its shortened form Hardus are masculine given names of Dutch-language origin. People with those names include:
Thys is a Dutch patronymic surname. It is an alternative spelling of the very common nickname Thijs for Matthijs (Mattheus). The Dutch digraph ij and the y were used interchangeably until the surname spelling fixations around 1810. The form "Thys" is particularly common in the Belgian province of Antwerp, while "Thijs" is most common in Belgian Limburg. Outside the Low Countries the spelling is almost exclusively "Thys". People with this surname include:
Boudewijn is a Dutch masculine given name, equivalent to Baldwin. People with the name include:
The Meertens Institute in Amsterdam is a research institute for Dutch language and culture within the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Pieter Jacobus (Piet) Meertens was a Dutch scholar of literature, dialects, and ethnology. He founded the institutes which later merged into the Meertens Instituut, of which he was the director until 1965.
Arnout or Arnoud is a Dutch language masculine given name equivalent to Arnold. Notable persons with that name include:
Dirk Peter "Dick" Blok was a Dutch scholar of onomastics. He was director of the Meertens Institute between 1965 and 1986. He succeeded founding director Piet Meertens. In 1979, during Blok's rule as director, the Institute was named after Meertens. Blok fictionally featured in the book cycle Het Bureau by J. J. Voskuil, which was based on figures at the Meertens Institute, where Voskuil worked as well.
Ludger is a masculine given name. Notable persons with the name include: