Nieuw-Lekkerland

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as leckerland in 1280. Compound of Middle Dutch niuw (“new”), the hydronym Lek and lant (“land, polderland”).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: Nieuw-‧Lek‧ker‧land

Proper noun

Nieuw-Lekkerland n

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

Derived terms

• Nieuw-Lekkerlander
• Nieuw-Lekkerlands

References

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