Het Zand

Dutch

Etymology

• (Gelderland) Derived from zand (“sand”).
• (Drimmelen) First attested as int Zant in 1698. Derived from zand (“sand”).
• ('s-Hertogenbosch) Derived from zand (“sand”).
• (Tilburg) Derived from zand (“sand”).
• (Utrecht) Derived from zand (“sand”). Named after a road, the name of which references the sandy quality of the soil around it.
• (Zuid-Holland) Derived from zand (“sand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛt ˈzɑnt/
• Hyphenation: Het Zand
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Proper noun

Het Zand n

1. A hamlet in Lingewaard, Gelderland, Netherlands.
2. A hamlet in Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
3. A neighbourhood of 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
4. A neighbourhood of Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
5. A neighbourhood of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
6. A neighbourhood of Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “het zand”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN