Landsmeer

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as lansmeer in 1326. Potentially a compound of Middle Dutch Lanne (“a personal name”) or langes (“alongside”) and meer (“lake”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Lands‧meer

Proper noun

Landsmeer n

  1. A village and municipality of Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
    Meronyms: Den Ilp, Purmerland

Derived terms
  • Landsmeerder
  • Landsmeers

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