Dutch Americans (locative). Similarities between Dutch and English are abundant. Examples include the article "the" ("de" in Dutch), the words "book" ("boek"), "house" ("huis"), "pen" ("pen"), and, "street" ("straat"), among others. Dutch and English are both part of the West Germanic language group and share several aspects. Adaptation of place names between the languages is common, as was the case of New York, where several landmarks like "Conyne Eylandt" (Rabbit Island) became more suitable to Anglophones (Coney Island). Contact between other languages also created various creoles with Dutch as the base language. Two examples, Jersey Dutch and Mohawk Dutch, are now extinct.
Fishkill (town), New York Fishkill (town), New York Fishkill is a town in the southwest part of Dutchess County, New York, United States. It lies approximately north of New York City. The population was 22,107 at the 2010 census. Fishkill surrounds the city of Beacon. The town of Fishkill contains a village, which is also named Fishkill. The name derives from the Dutch "vis kill", meaning "fish creek". The location of Fishkill was known as "Tioranda" by the Native American peoples. The name means "The place where two waters meet". In 1683 New York City merchants Francis Rombouts and Gulian Verplanck purchased in Dutchess