Origins of lyrics. The origins of the lyrics are uncertain. "Wilhelmus" was first written some time between the start of the Eighty Years' War in April 1568 and the Capture of Brielle on 1 April 1572, making it at least 449–450 years old. Soon after the anthem was finished it was said that either Philips of Marnix, a writer, statesman and former mayor of Antwerp, or Dirck Coornhert, a ...

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Dutch phonology is similar to that of other West Germanic languages, especially Afrikaans and West Frisian.. Standard Dutch has two main de facto pronunciation standards: Northern and Belgian. Northern Standard Dutch is the most prestigious accent in the Netherlands. It is associated with high status, education and wealth.

Nederlands is een West-Germaanse taal en is daarmee nauw verwant aan onder meer het Engels en het Duits.Het deel van het West-Germaans op het Europese vasteland wordt ook wel Continentaal-West-Germaans genoemd, waaronder het (niet meer gestandaardiseerde) Nederduits/Nedersaksisch, Duits, Luxemburgs, Jiddisch en het Nederlands vallen. Op zijn …

"La Brabançonne" (French: [la bʁabɑ̃sɔn]; Dutch: "De Brabançonne"; German: "Das Lied von Brabant") is the national anthem of Belgium. The originally French title refers to Brabant; the name is usually maintained untranslated in Belgium's other two official languages, Dutch and German.

The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England.The estimated population in mid-2020 was 211,439. It takes its name from the River Calder, and dale, a word for valley.The name Calderdale usually refers to the borough through which the upper river flows, while the actual landform is known as the Calder Valley.