Griend

Dutch

Etymology
  • (island) From griend (“waterside area overgrown with willows”).
  • (neighbourhood) Derived from griend (“land next to water used to cultivate brushwood”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣrint/
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  • Hyphenation: Griend
  • Rhymes: -int
  • Homophone: griend

Proper noun

Griend n

  1. An uninhabited sand flat in the Wadden Sea, Netherlands; once a larger island that was deserted in the eighteenth century.
  2. A neighbourhood of Lelystad, Flevoland, Netherlands.
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