Sliedrecht
Dutch
editAlternative forms
edit- Slierech (dialect form)
Etymology
editFirst attested as overslydrecht in 1203. Potentially a compound of the hydronym *Slie (perhaps cognate to slijk (“sludge, mud”) or slijm (“slime”)) and -drecht (“ferry, watercourse”).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: Slie‧drecht
Proper noun
editSliedrecht n
- A village and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Baggerdorp (nickname)
- Meronym: Baanhoek
Derived terms
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editCategories:
- Dutch terms suffixed with -drecht
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- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Villages in South Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Municipalities of South Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Municipalities of the Netherlands
- nl:Places in South Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands