Claim: 1336 Zeelandia, which was discovered in September 1934 by Hendrik van Gent, a Dutch astronomer who obtained a PhD from Leiden University, was named after a province of the Netherlands.
Evidence: 1336 Zeelandia, provisional designation 1934 RW, is a stony Koronian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 21 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 September 1934, by Dutch astronomer Hendrik van Gent at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg, South Africa. The asteroid was named for the Dutch province of Zeeland. Zeeland
(a province of the Netherlands) 1336 Zeelandia H. van Gent 9 September 1934 Hendrik van Gent (14 September 1899, Pernis – March 29, 1947, Amsterdam) was a Dutch astronomer. He obtained his PhD from Leiden University in 1931.