Tersluis

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Ter Sluys in 1680. Compound of an inflected form of te (“at”) and sluis (“lock, sluice”). Named after a nearby sluice.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Ter‧sluis

Proper noun

Tersluis n

  1. a hamlet in Drechterland, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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