Het Oudeland

Dutch

Etymology

• (Borsele) Attested as Oudelants P. around 1750. Derived from oudland (“land which has not been reclaimed, already existing land”).
• (Tholen) Attested as 't Oudeland in 1343. Derived from oudland (“land which has not been reclaimed, already existing land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛt ˈɑu̯.dəˌlɑnt/
• Hyphenation: Het Ou‧de‧land

Proper noun

Het Oudeland n

1. A hamlet in Borsele, Zeeland, Netherlands.
2. A hamlet in Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands.

References

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