Teylingen

Dutch

Etymology

• (municipality) Named after Teijlingen. The municipality opted to use a different spelling for the municipal name in order to clearly distinguish it from the hamlet.
• (hamlet) Derived from Van Teijlingen (“a noble surname”). The hamlet was named after the family which owned it and the polder and legal district around it.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Tey‧lin‧gen

Proper noun

Teylingen n

1. A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

   Meronyms: Klinkenberg, Oosteinde, Piet Gijzenbrug, Sassenheim, Teijlingen, Voorhout, Warmond

2. A hamlet in Woerden, Utrecht, Netherlands.

References

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