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Bartelsluis

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Compound of Bartel (a personal name) and sluis (lock, sluice). The hamlet is named after a sluice which created a good deal of unrest when it was built. The cornerstone of the sluice has a satirical poem carved into it. This turned the sluice into something of a tourist attraction, much to the joy of a local innkeeper, a certain Bartel.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Bar‧tel‧sluis

Proper noun

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Bartelsluis n

  1. A hamlet in Wormerland, North Holland, Netherlands