Zoetermeer
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch Zoetermeer.
Proper noun
[edit]Zoetermeer
- A city and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested as soetermere. Compound of the hydronym Zoete and Middle Dutch mere (“lake, pool”) (modern meer). The first element was gradually reinterpreted to zoet (“potable, sweet”). Compare Zoeterwoude and Zwieten.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Zoetermeer n
- A city and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands without city rights
- Synonyms: Sweet Lake City (jocular nickname), Soetelanden (Carnival nickname)
- Meronym: Roeleveen
Derived terms
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- English terms borrowed from Dutch
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in South Holland, Netherlands
- en:Cities in the Netherlands
- en:Municipalities of South Holland, Netherlands
- en:Municipalities of the Netherlands
- en:Places in South Holland, Netherlands
- en:Places in the Netherlands
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Cities in South Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Cities in the Netherlands
- nl:Municipalities of South Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Municipalities of the Netherlands
- nl:Places in South Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands