Smeetsland

Dutch

Etymology

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

Hyphenation: Smeets‧land

Proper noun

Smeetsland n

A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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