gouverneur

governor (e.g. of a province)

Californië

1. California (a state of the United States)
2. colonial California
3. California Republic
4. A hamlet in Maasdriel, Gelderland, Netherlands.
5. A hamlet in Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands.

had

singular past indicative of hebben

meerderheid

majority

de

• Article

  the (definite article, masculine and feminine singular, plural)

• Prep

gekregen

past participle of krijgen

stemmen

• Verb

  1. to vote (to cast a vote)
  2. to adopt by vote
  3. to tune (to the right pitch)
  4. to bring into a certain mood
  5. (obsolete) to agree

• Noun

van

• Prep

  1. of (possession, property)
  2. of (general association)
  3. by, of (creator)
  4. from (origin)
  5. from (starting point of a movement or change)
  6. from (starting point in time)
  7. from, off (removal of something from off something else)
  8. of, out of, from, with (cause)
  9. of, out of, with (material or resource)
  10. of, out of, among (out of a larger whole; partitive)
  11. from, was, formerly (indicating a change in price)
  12. (colloquial) like (quotative (used to introduce direct speech))

• Adv
• Noun