"Zeeland" meaning in Dutch

See Zeeland in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈzeː.lɑnt/ Audio: Nl-Zeeland.ogg Forms: Zélland [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch Sêelant. Equivalent to zee (“sea”) + land (“land”) or from zeeland (“coastal land”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|Sêelant}} Middle Dutch Sêelant, {{com|nl|zee|land|t1=sea|t2=land}} zee (“sea”) + land (“land”) Head templates: {{nl-proper noun|n}} Zeeland n
  1. Zeeland (a province of the Netherlands) Tags: neuter Categories (place): Places in the Netherlands, Provinces of the Netherlands Derived forms: Nieuw-Zeeland Related terms: land, zee, Zeeuw, Zeêland (Zealandic)
    Sense id: en-Zeeland-nl-name-UvouVG6K Categories (other): Zeeland, Netherlands, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 12 13 7 8 14 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 14 7 8 14 22 23 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 48 47 4 Meronyms: Borsele, Goes, Hulst, Kapelle, Middelburg, Noord-Beveland, Reimerswaal, Schouwen-Duiveland, Sluis, Terneuzen, Tholen, Veere, Vlissingen
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈzeː.lɑnt/ Audio: Nl-Zeeland.ogg Forms: Zélland [alternative]
Etymology: Both toponyms are potentially related to Old High German selilant (“free patrimony”), itself derived from Latin terra salica (“free patrimony, possession subject to Salic law”). * (Noord-Brabant) First attested as zeelant in 1376. * (Gelderland) First attested as t guet geheiten zelandt in 1406. Etymology templates: {{cog|goh|selilant|t=free patrimony}} Old High German selilant (“free patrimony”), {{cog|la|terra salica|t=free patrimony, possession subject to Salic law}} Latin terra salica (“free patrimony, possession subject to Salic law”) Head templates: {{nl-proper noun|n}} Zeeland n
  1. a village and former municipality of Maashorst, North Brabant, Netherlands Tags: neuter Categories (place): Places in North Brabant, Netherlands, Places in the Netherlands, Villages in North Brabant, Netherlands, Villages in the Netherlands
    Sense id: en-Zeeland-nl-name-DqBw9t6v Categories (other): Former municipalities of the Netherlands, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 12 13 7 8 14 23 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 14 7 8 14 22 23 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 48 47 4
  2. a hamlet in Berg en Dal, Gelderland, Netherlands Tags: neuter Categories (place): Places in Gelderland, Netherlands, Places in the Netherlands, Villages in Gelderland, Netherlands, Villages in the Netherlands
    Sense id: en-Zeeland-nl-name-tCAtZ7x0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Zeelander, Zeelands
Etymology number: 2
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