het Bildt

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Proper noun

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het Bildt

  1. A former municipality of Friesland, Netherlands.

Dutch

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Etymology

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First attested as een wtlant, gheheten bil, dat aengheworpen is buten dycs in 1398. Derived from Old Frisian bil (alluvial land, low-lying pasture next to a watercourse) with epenthetic -t.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: het‧Bildt

Proper noun

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het Bildt n

  1. het Bildt (a former municipality of Friesland, Netherlands).