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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/8/18 9:38 AM, Pander OpenTaal
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<p>Frederik, thanks for the changes so far. Good to wait with
parts of Belgium. Also good to stay clear of political issues
and only use geographic considerations. For me, fine not to
split up Saint Martin/Sint Maarten.<br>
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<p>As for these six Dutch islands in South America, good question
on how to call these in a geographic way. The name Caribbean
Netherlands officially only refers to only three of the six
islands, see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands</a></p>
<p>Politically, historically and geographically, these islands can
be grouped in many different ways with different names, see <a
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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Caribbean#Grouping_of_islands"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Caribbean#Grouping_of_islands</a>
Which doesn't make it easier. Calling it Dutch Caribbean is the
least best name of the three options, I think.<br>
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<p>Even though the name <b>Netherlands Antilles</b> indeed as a
political entity no longer exists, see <a
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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles</a>
Advantage of this name, is that it doesn't favor certain islands
because of the current political construct (in which only a few
are officially in Caribbean Netherlands).</p>
<p>I think that is the best name to use, as it is also closer to
what is used in the Dutch language. Nobody talks about the <i>Caraïbische
Nederlanden</i>.</p>
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<p>Fredrik, I have check a bit with people from there. It is indeed
not easy, but Dutch Caribbean covers it best, see
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Caribbean">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Caribbean</a> This is also the
name with the least confusion with regard to previously existing
political and administrative entities. Could you use that, so at
least the download becomes available. If people object, we can
always change the name.<br>
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