Nieuw-Beijerland

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Nieuw Beierland in 1773. Compound of nieuw (“new”) and a compound of Beieren (“Bavaria”) and land (“land”). The village is located in a polder named after Sabina, Duchess of Bavaria, the wife of the polder's sponsor. The element nieuw was added to distinguish the settlement from Oud-Beijerland and Zuid-Beijerland.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Nieuw-‧Beij‧er‧land

Proper noun

Nieuw-Beijerland n

  1. A village and former municipality of Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms
  • Nieuw-Beijerlander
  • Nieuw-Beijerlands

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