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in reply to a message by Satu
'Nieuwe' means 'new', what a maas is I don't know, I only know we have the maas and an extension of the river maas which is called the nieuwe maas (we have the same with the river Rijn (Rhine))
~Lully Lulla~
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The name of the river Maas is unexplained. The Romans called it Mosa, but its name is probably pre-Celtic.
(This is from: Dieter Berger, Geographische Namen in Deutschland, Mannheim 1999)
(This is from: Dieter Berger, Geographische Namen in Deutschland, Mannheim 1999)
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