Smeetsland

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Dirck Smeets Landeken in 1514. Compound of Smeets (a surname) and land (“land”). Originally the name of a polder. Possibly linked to Smitshoek.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Smeets‧land

Proper noun

Smeetsland n

  1. a neighbourhood of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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