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The Dutch location gives it prime access to markets in the United Kingdom and Germany, with the Port of Rotterdam being the largest port in Europe. Other important parts of the economy are international trade, banking and transport. The Netherlands successfully addressed the issue of public finances and stagnating job growth long before its ...
On Saba and St. Eustatius, the majority of the education is in English only, with some bilingual English-Dutch schools. 90-93% of the Dutch people can also speak English as a foreign language. (see also: English language in the Netherlands) Papiamento is an official language in the special municipality of Bonaire.
The most widely spoken language is Papiamentu, a Portuguese creole with African, Dutch and Spanish influences, spoken in all levels of society. [12] Papiamentu was introduced as a language of primary school education in 1993, making Curaçao one of a handful of places where a creole language is used as a medium to acquire basic literacy. [122]
The stiver (Sinhala: තුට්ටුව) was a currency denomination (1 ⁄ 48 Ceylonese rixdollar) in use across the 18th and 19th century Sri Lanka and Caribbean, especially among the Dutch, Danish, and Swedish islands. It was also a denomination that formed part of the currency system of Demerara-Essequibo (later British Guiana, now Guyana).
In Suriname today, Dutch is the sole official language, [91] and over 60 percent of the population speaks it as a mother tongue. [92] Dutch is the obligatory medium of instruction in schools in Suriname, even for non-native speakers. [93] A further twenty-four percent of the population speaks Dutch as a second language. [94]
The Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, pronounced [ˈkoːnɪŋkrɛiɡ dɛr ˈneːdərlɑndə(n)] ⓘ; [h], West Frisian: Keninkryk fan de Nederlannen, Papiamento: Reino Hulandes), commonly known simply as the Netherlands, [i] is a sovereign state consisting of a collection of constituent territories united under the monarch of the Netherlands, who functions as head ...
The guilder (Dutch: gulden, pronounced [ˈɣʏldə(n)] ⓘ) or florin was the currency of the Netherlands from 1434 until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro.. The Dutch name gulden was a Middle Dutch adjective meaning 'golden', [1] and reflects the fact that, when first introduced in 1434, its value was about equal to (i.e., it was on par with) the Italian gold florin.
Duit was also used in parts of the Americas while under Dutch rule, such as New Amsterdam (present-day New York City) and Suriname; and in Africa in the Dutch Cape Colony. [4] The coin's name was preserved in the Netherlands for a long time as vierduitstuk (or 'plak' [6]), because it was worth 4 duiten = half a stuiver (or 2½ cents). [7]