Tersluis

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Ter Sluys in 1680. Compound of an inflected form of te (“at”) and sluis (“lock, sluice”). Named after a nearby sluice.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ter‧sluis

Proper noun

Tersluis n

1. A hamlet in Drechterland, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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