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Etymology

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Attested as Ter Sluys in 1680. Compound of an inflected form of te (at) and sluis (lock, sluice). Named after a nearby sluice.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Ter‧sluis

Proper noun

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Tersluis n

  1. A hamlet in Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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