platteland

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Afrikaans platteland, from Dutch platteland.

Noun

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platteland (countable and uncountable, plural plattelands)

  1. (South Africa) The country, the countryside.
    • 2002, Justin Fox, With both hands waving: a journey through Mozambique, page 44:
      'It's a local fish - tastes just like barracuda,' said Leo from behind the bar as we dug into platteland-size plates of fish. A bunch of boitjies stood resting their boeps against the counter and talking about fish size and breast size.

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch platteland.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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platteland (uncountable)

  1. countryside

Descendants

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  • English: platteland

Dutch

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Etymology

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Univerbation of platte +‎ land.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌplɑ.təˈlɑnt/
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  • Hyphenation: plat‧te‧land

Noun

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platteland n (plural plattelanden, diminutive plattelandje n)

  1. country, countryside
    Ik woonde in een groot huis op het platteland.I lived in a big house in the country.

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