Lelystad

English

Proper noun

Lelystad

A city and capital of Flevoland, Netherlands.
A municipality of Flevoland, Netherlands.

Translations

Translations

Arabic: ليليستاد
Belarusian: Ле́лістад m (Ljélistad)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 莱利斯塔德 (Lái lì sī tǎ dé)
Dutch: Lelystad (nl) n
French: Lelystad (fr)
Russian: Ле́листад m (Lélistad)
Ukrainian: Ле́лістад m (Lélistad)

Dutch

Etymology

From Lely +‎ stad (“town, city”). The former after Cornelis Lely, one of the planners of the land reclamation projects in the former Zuiderzee. The name was given in 1952.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈleː.liˌstɑt/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Le‧ly‧stad

Proper noun

Lelystad n

Lelystad (a city, municipality, and capital of Flevoland, Netherlands).
Synonyms: Lelijkstad (perjorative nickname), Knarregat (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

Lelystatter
Lelystads
Lelijkstad (pejorative nickname)

References

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

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