Smeetsland
Dutch
Etymology
Attested as Dirck Smeets Landeken in 1514. Compound of Smeets (“a surname”) and land (“land”). Originally the name of a polder. Possibly linked to Smitshoek.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Smeets‧land
Proper noun
Smeetsland n
- A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “smeetsland”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN