Zeeland

From Dutch Zeeland.

Zeeland

1. A province of the Netherlands.
2. A village in North Brabant, Netherlands.
3. A city in Ottawa County, Michigan.
4. A city in McIntosh County, North Dakota.

• Zealand

• Zeelander
• New Zealand
• Zeelandia

• lazened

• Zélland (Noord-Brabant, dialect form)

• IPA^(key): /ˈzeː.lɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: Zee‧land

From Middle Dutch Sêelant. Equivalent to zee (“sea”) +‎ land (“land”) or from zeeland (“coastal land”).

Zeeland n

1. Zeeland (a province of the Netherlands)

   Meronyms: Borsele, Goes, Hulst, Kapelle, Middelburg, Noord-Beveland, Reimerswaal, Schouwen-Duiveland, Sluis, Terneuzen, Tholen, Veere, Vlissingen

• → English: Zealand

• Zeêland (Zealandic)

Both toponyms are potentially related to Old High German selilant (“free patrimony”), itself derived from Latin terra salica (“free patrimony, possession subject to Salic law”).

• (Noord-Brabant) First attested as zeelant in 1376.
• (Gelderland) First attested as 't guet geheiten zelandt in 1406.

Zeeland n

1. a village and former municipality of Maashorst, North Brabant, Netherlands
2. a hamlet in Berg en Dal, Gelderland, Netherlands

• Zeelander
• Zeelands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

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