Nieuwvliet

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Nieuvliet in 1514. Compound of nieuw (“new”) and vliet (“running watercourse”).

See also Zealandic Sinte Pier, Sente Pier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈniu̯.vlit/
  • Hyphenation: Nieuw‧vliet

Proper noun

Nieuwvliet n

  1. a village and former municipality of Sluis, Zeeland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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