Zeeland

See also: zeeland

English

Etymology

From Dutch Zeeland.

Proper noun

Zeeland

1. A province of the Netherlands.
2. A city in Michigan.
3. A city in North Dakota.

Synonyms

• Zealand

Derived terms

• Zeelander
• New Zealand
• Zeelandia

Translations

province

• Catalan: Zelanda f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 澤蘭／泽兰 (zh) (Zélán)

• Czech: Zéland
• Danish: Zeeland n
• Dutch: Zeeland (nl) n
• Dutch Low Saxon: Zeelaand
• Esperanto: Zelando
• Estonian: Meremaa
• Farefare: Zeelant
• Finnish: Seelanti, Zeeland
• French: Zélande (fr) f
• Galician: Celandia
• Georgian: ზელანდიის პროვინცია (zelandiis ṗrovincia), ზელანდია (zelandia)
• German: Seeland (de) n
• Hungarian: Zeeland
• Icelandic: Sjáland n
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} An tSéalainn f
• Italian: Zelanda (it)
• Japanese: ゼーラント州 (Zērantoshū)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} Batavia
• Latvian: Zēlande f
• Limburgish: Zieland
• Lithuanian: Zelandijos
• Low German: Seeland
• Macedonian: Зе́ланд m (Zéland)
• Middle Dutch: Seelant n, Selant n, Zelant n, Zeelant n, Zielant
• Norwegian: Zeeland
• Polish: Zelandia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Zelândia (pt)
• Romanian: Seeland, Zeelanda
• Russian: Зела́ндия (ru) f (Zelándija)
• Spanish: Zelanda
• Swedish: Zeeland n
• Turkish: Zelanda
• Vietnamese: Sealand
• Welsh: Sealand
• West Flemish: ^{(please verify)} Zêeland
• West Frisian: Seelân
• Zealandic: Zeêland

See also

• (Provinces of the Netherlands) provinces of the Netherlands; Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, North Brabant, North Holland, Overijssel, South Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland ^{(Category: en:Provinces of the Netherlands)}

Anagrams

• lazened

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Zélland (Noord-Brabant, dialect form)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzeː.lɑnt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Zee‧land

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sêelant. Equivalent to zee (“sea”) +‎ land (“land”) or from zeeland (“coastal land”).

Proper noun

Zeeland n

1. Zeeland (a province of the Netherlands)

   Meronyms: Borsele, Goes, Hulst, Kapelle, Middelburg, Noord-Beveland, Reimerswaal, Schouwen-Duiveland, Sluis, Terneuzen, Tholen, Veere, Vlissingen

Derived terms

• Nieuw-Zeeland

Related terms

• land
• zee

Descendants

• English: Zealand

See also

• Zeêland (Zealandic)
• (Provinces of the Netherlands) Provincies van Nederland; Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Overijssel, Zuid-Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland ^{(Category: nl:Provinces of the Netherlands)}

Etymology 2

• (Noord-Brabant) First attested as zeelant in 1376. Potentially derived from Old High German selilant (“free patrimony”), itself derived from Latin terra salica (“free patrimony, possession subject to Salic law”).
• (Gelderland) First attested as 't guet geheiten zelandt in 1406. Potentially derived from Old High German selilant (“free patrimony”), itself derived from Latin terra salica (“free patrimony, possession subject to Salic law”).

Proper noun

Zeeland n

1. A village and former municipality of Maashorst, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
2. A hamlet in Berg en Dal, Gelderland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Zeelander
• Zeelands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Anagrams

• zadelen