Mijnsheerenland

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Meseerland (dialect form), Meseereland (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as sheerenland van moerkerken in 1450. Compound of the genetive form of Middle Dutch mijn (“mine”), here (“lord”) and lant (“land”). The village formerly belonged in a fiefdom controlled by the lord of Moerkerk.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Mijns‧hee‧ren‧land

Proper noun

Mijnsheerenland n

1. A village and former municipality of Hoeksche Waard, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Mijnsheerenlander
• Mijnsheerenlands

References

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