polder
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch. The root is 'pol', which is the same as 'ball'. A 'pol' was a low artificial hill in a coastal marshland whereupon a farmhouse could be build. The original plural was probably 'poller', which became 'polder'. From the small hill the word eventually referred to the land around it.
Pronunciation[edit]
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- Rhymes: -əʊldə(r)
Noun[edit]
polder (plural polders)
- An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes.
Translations[edit]
area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes
Dutch[edit]
Noun[edit]
polder m (plural polders, diminutive poldertje)
