Berggierslanden

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as de Berggier in 1826. Compound of a toponym derived from berg (“hill, elevated place”) and a variant of geer (“wedge-shaped piece of land”) and the plural form of land (“land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛr.xirsˌlɑn.də(n)/
• Hyphenation: Berg‧giers‧lan‧den

Proper noun

Berggierslanden n

1. A neighbourhood of Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands.

References

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