Maasland

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as masalandae in 918-948. Compound of the hydronym Maas and Old Dutch land (“land, area”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Maas‧land

Proper noun

Maasland n

A village and former municipality of Midden-Delfland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

Maaslander
Maaslands
Maassluis

References

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

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