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Nieuw Engeland

Dutch

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Etymology

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  • (Utrecht) Derived from nieuw (“new”) and an unclear second element. The second element may be Engeland (“England”), a compound of eng (“narrow, tight”) and land (“land”) or dialectal england (“meadow”).
  • (Zuid-Holland) Attested as Nieuw Engelandsche Polder in 1866. Derived from nieuw (“new”) and the toponym Engeland. Potentially named after the country.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Nieuw En‧ge‧land

Proper noun

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Nieuw Engeland n

  1. A neighbourhood of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
  2. A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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