Bergse Achterplas (Rotterdam)

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  Ivory

  Achterplas may be translated as 'behind lake' as it is behind the old route of the Straatweg. The current translation as 'after' suggests a perspective in time, but the difference is in geography really. Compare the Voorplas, which is correctly translated as 'front lake' and not 'before lake'.

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