Dutch Empire and the Netherlands; Albany Dutch spoken but in danger of extinction in the USA. Extinct Dutch-based creole languages include: Skepi (Guyana); Negerhollands (aka "Negro Dutch"), Jersey Dutch and Mohawk Dutch (USA) and Javindo (Java). "See also: List of Place Names of Dutch Origin" Some towns of New York and areas of New York City, once part of the colony of New Netherland have names of Dutch origin, such as Brooklyn (after Breukelen), Flushing (after Vlissingen), the Bowery (after Bouwerij, construction site), Harlem (after Haarlem), Coney Island (from Conyne Eylandt, modern Dutch spelling Konijneneiland: Rabbit island) and Staten Island (meaning "Island
Word of the year (Norway) April 2009, it was used more than 8,500 times during the rest of the year. "Pandemi" () was another notable word of the year. The words "tvitre" and "tvitring", which relate to the use of Twitter, were also mentioned as notable new words, as was "snikislamisering" (). "Askefast" () was named word of the year. The word refers to people who were unable to travel as planned because of the air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption. Other mentions as notable words were "app", "nettbrett" () and "lesebrett" (). "Rosetog" () was named word of the year. This referred