Sint Maarten

English

Proper noun

Sint Maarten

1. A dependent territory and constituent country of the Netherlands, located on the southern half of the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean Sea. Capital: Philipsburg.

Translations

Island

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖馬丁／圣马丁 (Shèngmǎdīng)

• Danish: Sint Maarten
• Dutch: Sint Maarten (nl) n
• French: Saint-Martin (fr) m
• Japanese: シント・マールテン島 (Shinto-Māruten-tō)
• Russian: Синт-Ма́ртен m (Sint-Mártɛn)
• Thai: ซินต์มาร์เติน (sín-maa-dtə̂n)

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (island) Sint-Maarten
• (village) Sunt Maarten (West Frisian), Sunt-Mart (West Frisian)

Etymology

• (island and country) Named after Saint Martin of Tours.
• (village) First attested as niwelant in 1289. Named after Saint Martin of Tours.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɪnt ˈmaːr.tə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: Sint Maar‧ten

Proper noun

Sint Maarten n

1. Sint-Maarten (part of the island of Saint Martin; a dependent territory and constituent country of the Netherlands, located in the Caribbean Sea)
2. A village and former municipality of Schagen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

   Synonym: Knorrenburg (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

• Sint Maartensbrug
• Sint Maartensvlotbrug
• Sint Maartenszee

See also

• Saint-Martin

References

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