Poortvliet

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as portfliet in 1200. Compound of Middle Dutch port (“harbour, storage yard, city”) and vliet (“running watercourse”).

See also Zealandic Poôfliet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːrt.vlit/
• Hyphenation: Poort‧vliet

Proper noun

Poortvliet n

1. A village and former municipality of Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Poortvlietenaar
• Poortvliets

References

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