Zeeland

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Dutch Zeeland.

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Zeeland

  1. A province of the Netherlands.
  2. A village in North Brabant, Netherlands.
  3. A city in Ottawa County, Michigan.
  4. A city in McIntosh County, North Dakota.

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Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzeː.lɑnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Zee‧land

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch sêelant. Equivalent to zee (sea) +‎ land (land) or from zeeland (coastal land).

Proper noun

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Zeeland n

  1. Zeeland (a province of the Netherlands)
    Meronyms: Borsele, Goes, Hulst, Kapelle, Middelburg, Noord-Beveland, Reimerswaal, Schouwen-Duiveland, Sluis, Terneuzen, Tholen, Veere, Vlissingen
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  • English: Zealand

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Etymology 2

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Both toponyms are potentially related to Old High German selilant (free patrimony), itself derived from Latin terra salica (free patrimony, possession subject to Salic law).

  • (Noord-Brabant) First attested as zeelant in 1376.
  • (Gelderland) First attested as 't guet geheiten zelandt in 1406.

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Zeeland n

  1. A village and former municipality of Maashorst, North Brabant, Netherlands
  2. A hamlet in Berg en Dal, Gelderland, Netherlands
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References

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  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

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