Dries

See also: dries

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dris/

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• Hyphenation: Dries
• Rhymes: -is
• Homophone: dries

Etymology 1

From Andries.

Proper noun

Dries m

1. a male given name

Etymology 2

First attested as Driest in 1838-1857. Derived from dries (“land not in cultivation, temporarily vacant land”).

See also Limburgish Drees.

Proper noun

Dries n

1. A hamlet in Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands

References

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