Landsmeer

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as lansmeer in 1326. Potentially a compound of Middle Dutch Lanne (a personal name) or langes (“alongside”) and meer (“lake”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Lands‧meer

Proper noun

Landsmeer n

  1. a village and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands
    Meronyms: Den Ilp, Purmerland

Derived terms

  • Landsmeerder
  • Landsmeers

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “landsmeer”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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