Fort Orange

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A former Dutch fort and settlement at Albany, New York, in the United States
• A preserved Dutch fort in Oranjestad on Sint Eustatius
• A preserved Dutch fort on Itamaracá Island off Pernambuco, Brazil
• A ruined Dutch fort and trading post near Sekondi in Ghana
• A former Dutch fort and settlement at Tainan in southern Taiwan
• A Dutch fort on Gorée Island off Senegal
• A Dutch fort on Bonaire in the Dutch Antilles

Related

Similar words

• Albany (1)
• Fort of Santa Cruz de Itamaracá (3)
• Tainan (5)
• Fort Zeelandia (5)
• Anping Fort (5)

Origin

• From various Dutch places named Fort Oranje (fort + Oranje), after the Oranje-Nassau branch of the House of Nassau, prominent in Dutch government since the 16th century Dutch Revolt against Spanish rule in the Netherlands