Langelille

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Langelijle in 1580. Potentially a compound of lang (“long”) and dialectal lillen (“shake weakly, shudder weakly”) or the hydronym Linde. Originally the name of a road.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌlɑ.ŋəˈlɪ.lə/
• Hyphenation: Lan‧ge‧lil‧le
• Rhymes: -ɪlə

Proper noun

Langelille n

1. A village in Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands.

References

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