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Etymology

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Attested as de Berggier in 1826. Compound of a toponym derived from berg (hill, elevated place) and a variant of geer (wedge-shaped piece of land) and the plural form of land (land).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛr.xirsˌlɑn.də(n)/
  • Hyphenation: Berg‧giers‧lan‧den

Proper noun

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Berggierslanden n

  1. A neighbourhood of Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands.

References

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  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “berggierslanden”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN