Zeeland

From Dutch Zeeland.

Zeeland

1. A province of the Netherlands.
2. A city in Michigan.
3. A city in North Dakota.

• Zealand

• Zeelander
• New Zealand
• Zeelandia

• (Provinces of the Netherlands) provinces of the Netherlands; Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, North Brabant, North Holland, Overijssel, South Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland ^{(Category: en:Provinces of the Netherlands)}

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• Zélland (Noord-Brabant, dialect form)

• IPA^(key): /ˈzeː.lɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: Zee‧land

From Middle Dutch sêelant. Equivalent to zee (“sea”) +‎ land (“land”) or from zeeland (“coastal land”).

Zeeland n

1. Zeeland (a province of the Netherlands)

   Meronyms: Borsele, Goes, Hulst, Kapelle, Middelburg, Noord-Beveland, Reimerswaal, Schouwen-Duiveland, Sluis, Terneuzen, Tholen, Veere, Vlissingen

• Nieuw-Zeeland

• land
• zee

• English: Zealand

• Zeêland (Zealandic)
• (Provinces of the Netherlands) Provincies van Nederland; Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Overijssel, Zuid-Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland ^{(Category: nl:Provinces of the Netherlands)}

• (Noord-Brabant) First attested as zeelant in 1376. Potentially derived from Old High German selilant (“free patrimony”), itself derived from Latin terra salica (“free patrimony, possession subject to Salic law”).
• (Gelderland) First attested as 't guet geheiten zelandt in 1406. Potentially derived from Old High German selilant (“free patrimony”), itself derived from Latin terra salica (“free patrimony, possession subject to Salic law”).

Zeeland n

1. A village and former municipality of Maashorst, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
2. A hamlet in Berg en Dal, Gelderland, Netherlands.

• Zeelander
• Zeelands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

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