waterland

See also: Waterland

English

Etymology

From water +‎ land. Cognate with Old Frisian waterland, weterlond, Middle Low German waterlant, wāterlant, Dutch waterland, German Wasserland.

Noun

waterland (plural waterlands)

1. Synonym of wetland

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch waterlant. Equivalent to water +‎ land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋaː.tərˌlɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: wa‧ter‧land

Noun

waterland n (plural waterlanden, diminutive waterlandje n)

1. land, esp. a country or region, with a lot of water or with a large number of bodies of water
2. wetland, waterland