Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as somerlant in 1220. Derived from Middle Dutch somerlant (land which is protected by only a summer levee).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Zo‧mer‧land

Proper noun edit

Zomerland n

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

References edit

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