Dutch
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Dutch usually refers to:
- Something from or related to Holland and/or the Netherlands
- Dutch people, people from the Netherlands or their descendants
- Dutch language, spoken in the Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Maarten, and Sint Eustatius
- Something associated with German, (Deutsch) through associated meaning and sound of the word and common etymology of "Deutsch" vs. "Duch"
- Pennsylvania Dutch, German settlers in Pennsylvania and their language
It may also refer to:
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[edit] Personal nicknames
- Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States
- Dutch Schultz, notorious gangster
- Dutch Ruppersberger, U.S. congressman from Maryland
- Dutch Clark, National Football League player
- Dutch Leonard (left-handed pitcher), Major League Baseball player
- Dutch Savage, professional wrestler and promoter
- Dutch Meyer, American collegiate football coach
- Dutch Boyd, professional poker player
- Darren Daulton, former professional baseball player, current radio and television baseball analyst
- Cornelius Warmerdam, American pole vaulter
- Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach, fictional character from The Shield (aka Dutchboy)
[edit] Places
- Dutch Island (Rhode Island)
- Dutch Gap, on the James River in Virginia
- Dutch Harbor, Alaska
- Dutch Fort, Malay peninsula
[edit] Sports
- Dutch Open (tennis), a defunct tennis tournament
- Dutch Grand Prix, a former Formula One car race
- Dutch TT, a motorcycle race, part of the MotoGP World Championship
[edit] Music
- The Dutch, a band from The Netherlands, in the first half of the eighties
[edit] Other
- Dutch, the magazine, a magazine in English about the Netherlands and the Dutch
- Dutch (film), a 1991 American comedy starring Ed O'Neill
- Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan
- Dutch Boy Paint
[edit] Collocations
Various expressions, not necessarily related to the Netherlands or the Dutch language (cf. Dutch uncle for discussion)
- Dutch angle, a cinematic technique in which the camera is placed at an angle to the horizon
- Dutch auction, a type of auction where the auctioneer begins with a high asking price which is lowered until some participant is willing to accept the auctioneer's price
- Dutch book in economics and gambling, a set of prices or transactions which systematically favor one party
- Dutch cap, a style of bonnet
- Dutch cap, slang for a contraceptive diaphragm
- Dutch courage, bravery induced by drunkenness
- Dutch door, a horizontally divided door
- Dutching, in gambling, betting on more than one outcome
- Dutch metal or Dutch gold, a cheap imitation of gold
- Dutch oven, a kind of cooking pot
- Dutch uncle, a person who criticizes harshly rather than avuncularly
- Going Dutch, an activity where each participant pays for him or herself.
[edit] See also
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