Het Oudeland

Dutch

Etymology

  • (Borsele) Attested as Oudelants P. around 1750. Derived from oudland (“land which has not been reclaimed, already existing land”).
  • (Tholen) Attested as 't Oudeland in 1343. Derived from oudland (“land which has not been reclaimed, already existing land”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɛt ˈɑu̯.dəˌlɑnt/
  • Hyphenation: Het Ou‧de‧land

Proper noun

Het Oudeland n

  1. a hamlet in Borsele, Zeeland, Netherlands
  2. a hamlet in Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands

References

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