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- Name:Jan Thoelke
- Location:Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles
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Sunday, September 11, 2005
The Island's Name
It appears that the double-nation status of the island opens the door to very creative ways to spell its name. Occasionally I have to go through the logs of our web server to see which keywords are used to find out www.FreeStMaarten.com website. It is amazing how many variations of St. Martin are possible.
Officially, the name of the Dutch side is "Sint Maarten" and the French side is called "Saint Martin". This can be shortened to St. Maarten and St-Martin.
The most popular miss spelling by our American visitors is "St Maartens", followed closely by "St Maartin". The French on the other hand insist in spelling the Dutch side "St Marteen", even on Air France boarding passes, the island is called "Saint Marteen".
Some politicians on the Dutch side would like to make matters worse, much worse: They contemplate to rename the Dutch side "Soualiga", the original Indian name of pre-Columbian times.
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