Ameland
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Borrowed from Dutch Ameland. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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Ameland
- An island and municipality of Friesland, Netherlands.
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First attested as ambla between 819 and 825. Derived from a prehistoric hydronym Proto-Indo-European *amba (compare Proto-Germanic *ama- (“natural watercourse”)). The element land (“land”) is a later addition. Compare Amen, Emmeloord, Emer and Amdorf. See also West Frisian It Amelân.
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Ameland n
- Ameland (an island and municipality of Friesland, Netherlands).
- Meronyms: Ballum, Buren, Hollum, Kooiplaats, Nes