Lelystad

English

Proper noun

Lelystad

1. A city and capital of Flevoland, Netherlands.
2. A municipality of Flevoland, Netherlands.

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: ليليستاد
• Belarusian: Ле́лістад m (Ljélistad)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 莱利斯塔德 (Lái lì sī tǎ dé)

• Dutch: Lelystad (nl) n
• French: Lelystad (fr)
• Marathi: लेलिस्टाट (lelisṭāṭ)
• Russian: Ле́листад m (Lélistad)
• Ukrainian: Ле́лістад m (Lélistad)

Dutch

Etymology

From Lely +‎ stad (“town, city”). The former after Cornelis Lely, one of the planners of the land reclamation projects in the former Zuiderzee. The name was given in 1952.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː.liˌstɑt/

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• Hyphenation: Le‧ly‧stad

Proper noun

Lelystad n

1. Lelystad (a city, municipality, and capital of Flevoland, Netherlands)

   Synonyms: Lelijkstad (perjorative nickname), Knarregat (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

• Lelystatter
• Lelystads
• Lelijkstad (pejorative nickname)

References

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