Kruisland

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Kröslaant (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as Cruyslande in 1501. Compound of kruis (“cross”) and land (“land”). The name may have been coined as a reference to the large sums of money that the inhabitants of the settlement were forced to pay in order to ransom the owner of the village, Engelbrecht of Nassau (1451-1504).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrœy̯s.lɑnt/
• Hyphenation: Kruis‧land

Proper noun

Kruisland n

1. A village in Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

   Synonym: Pompedurp (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

• Kruislander
• Kruislands

References

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