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Re:Oresund Bridge, Wonder of Civil Engineering (2014) by WorldMaker on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @11:20AM (#18239933)
Fun tidbit (from the Wikipedia article) that Peberholm is named "Pepper Islet" as intentional joke that it's neighboring natural island is Saltholm ("Salt Islet").
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Re:Oresund Bridge, Wonder of Civil Engineering (2014) by Symbiote on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @11:54AM (#18240256)
"Holm" is a valid, though obsuce, English word. We can quite reasonably translate the two holms as "Pepper Holm" and "Salt Holm".
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