I looked up where the name of Gelderland (a province in NL) came from, expecting it to have something to do with "geld" money - but it's named after the city of Geldern, and THEIR explanation - the actual reason they wrote down - is that it's the sound a dragon makes when you kill it.

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@0xabad1dea well, money originally comes from dragons' hoards, so this makes perfect sense in the end

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