Landsmeer

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as lansmeer in 1326. Potentially a compound of Middle Dutch Lanne (“a personal name”) or langes (“alongside”) and meer (“lake”).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: Lands‧meer

Proper noun

Landsmeer n

1. A village and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.

   Meronyms: Den Ilp, Purmerland

Derived terms

• Landsmeerder
• Landsmeers

References

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