Mijnsheerenland

Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

Meseerland (dialect form), Meseereland (dialect form)

Etymology edit

First attested as sheerenland van moerkerken in 1450. Compound of the genetive form of Middle Dutch mijn (“mine”), here (“lord”) and lant (“land”). The village formerly belonged in a fiefdom controlled by the lord of Moerkerk.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Mijns‧hee‧ren‧land

Proper noun edit

Mijnsheerenland n

A village and former municipality of Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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