Nieuw-Lekkerland
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as leckerland in 1280. Compound of Middle Dutch niuw (“new”), the hydronym Lek and lant (“land, polderland”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Nieuw-‧Lek‧ker‧land
Proper noun
Nieuw-Lekkerland n
- A village and former municipality of Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Nieuw-Lekkerlander
- Nieuw-Lekkerlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “nieuw-lekkerland”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN