Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as Nieuwer Sluys in 1617. Compound of an inflected form of nieuw (new) and sluis (lock, sluice).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Nieu‧wer‧sluis

Proper noun edit

Nieuwersluis n

  1. A village in Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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