Het Oudeland

Dutch

Etymology
  • (Borsele) Attested as Oudelants P. around 1750. Derived from oudland (“land which has not been reclaimed, already existing land”).
  • (Tholen) Attested as 't Oudeland in 1343. Derived from oudland (“land which has not been reclaimed, already existing land”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɦɛt ˈɑu̯.dəˌlɑnt/
  • Hyphenation: Het Ou‧de‧land

Proper noun

Het Oudeland n

  1. A hamlet in Borsele, Zeeland, Netherlands.
  2. A hamlet in Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands.

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