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Re: Here's an interesting one for ya
I checked an online dictionary and it says:
"steen" means "gem" in modern Dutch. But of course it's the same word as English "stone" or German "Stein", so I suppose in Old Dutch (?) it had the very meaning.
So there must be some stone castle or citadel behind the name.
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From your aunt Know-It-All :-) Lissy was right. It means of (or from) the stone village or town. Van being dutch for "son of" used in the broader sense of a village or place. Steen being stone and burg being a village or town.
This was translated to me by a woman from Amsterdam. So I feel like it's accurate. How ya doing kid?
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