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Arjen Bergsma
Arjen (also spelled as Arjan) is a given name, a variant of the Dutch/ Finnish name Adrian. Arjen (sometimes also Ariën) is derived from the Latin name Adrianus. The name Adrianus means "native of, from Adria", a place near Venice. Adria is associated with Latin ater, meaning "dull black" or "dark", a reference to the dark sands along the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Hadrian is the name of a famous Roman emperor (his family was from Hadria in the Picenum countryside). Adrian VI (1522-1523) was the first Dutch pope. The name Arjen is mainly found in the Netherlands. Notable people with the name include: * Arjen Anthony Lucassen (born 1960), Dutch composer and musician *Arjen Douwes Dekker (born 1996), Dutch-Spanish historian *Arjen Eggebeen (born 1996), Dutch music producer known by the name Ahrix * Arjen Lenstra (born 1956), Dutch mathematician * Arjen Lubach (born 1979), Dutch comedian * Arjen Robben (born 1984), Dutch former professional footballer * Arjen Roelofs (1754–1828), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
