Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested as Dirck Smeets Landeken in 1514. Compound of Smeets (a surname) and land (land). Originally the name of a polder. Possibly linked to Smitshoek.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Smeets‧land

Proper noun edit

Smeetsland n

  1. A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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