Sint Maarten

Sint Maarten

2. 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.

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɪnt ˈmaːr.tə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: Sint Maar‧ten

Sint Maarten n

1. Sint Maarten (a dependent territory and constituent country of the Netherlands, located on the southern half of the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean Sea)
2. a village and former municipality of Schagen, North Holland, Netherlands

   Synonym: Knorrenburg (Carnival nickname)

• Sint Maartensbrug
• Sint Maartensvlotbrug
• Sint Maartenszee

• Saint-Martin

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