Het Oudeland
Dutch
Etymology
- (Borsele) Attested as Oudelants P. around 1750. Derived from oudland (“land which has not been reclaimed, already existing land”).
- (Tholen) Attested as 't Oudeland in 1343. Derived from oudland (“land which has not been reclaimed, already existing land”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɛt ˈɑu̯.dəˌlɑnt/
- Hyphenation: Het Ou‧de‧land
Proper noun
Het Oudeland n
- A hamlet in Borsele, Zeeland, Netherlands.
- A hamlet in Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “het oudeland”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN