Dries
See also: dries
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dris/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Dries
- Rhymes: -is
- Homophone: dries
Etymology 1
From Andries.
Proper noun
Dries m
- a male given name
Etymology 2
First attested as Driest in 1838-1857. Derived from dries (“land not in cultivation, temporarily vacant land”).
See also Limburgish Drees.
Proper noun
Dries n
- A hamlet in Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN