Lelystad
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Proper noun edit
Lelystad
- A city and capital of Flevoland, Netherlands.
- A municipality of Flevoland, Netherlands.
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Etymology edit
From Lely + stad (“town, city”). The former after Cornelis Lely, one of the planners of the land reclamation projects in the former Zuiderzee. The name was given in 1952.
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Proper noun edit
Lelystad n
- Lelystad (a city, municipality, and capital of Flevoland, Netherlands).
- Synonyms: Lelijkstad (perjorative nickname), Knarregat (Carnival nickname)
Derived terms edit
- Lelystatter
- Lelystads
- Lelijkstad (pejorative nickname)