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Nitterlande

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Hunsrik

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Etymology

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Partial calque of German Niederlande, from nitter (“low”), as the proper plural of Land in Hunsrik is Lenner.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnitaˌlantə/
  • Rhymes: -antə
  • Syllabification: Nit‧ter‧lan‧de

Proper noun

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Nitterlande pl

  1. Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
  2. Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)
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See also

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countries in Europe: ëuropäische Land (appendix)edit

References

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  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Nitterlande”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 117, column 2
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