Vlaardingen

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English

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Proper noun

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Vlaardingen

  1. A city in South Holland, Netherlands.
  2. A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Location of municipality Vlaardingen in South Holland

Etymology

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First attested as flardingis around 1018. Derived from the dative plural form of the hydronym Vlaarding, potentially derived in turn from Old Dutch *flard (ragged strip) (here referring to strips of land in the river) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ing-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvlaːr.dɪ.ŋə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: Vlaar‧din‧gen

Proper noun

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Vlaardingen n

  1. Vlaardingen (a city and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands)
    Synonym: Buizengat (Carnival nickname)
    Meronym: Zuidbuurt

Derived terms

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References

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