See also: Waterland

English edit

Etymology edit

From water +‎ land. Cognate with Old Frisian waterland, weterlond, Middle Low German waterlant, wāterlant, Dutch waterland, German Wasserland.

Noun edit

waterland (plural waterlands)

  1. Synonym of wetland

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch waterlant. Equivalent to water +‎ land.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋaː.tərˌlɑnt/
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  • Hyphenation: wa‧ter‧land

Noun edit

waterland n (plural waterlanden, diminutive waterlandje n)

  1. Land, esp. a country or region, with a lot of water or with a large number of bodies of water.
  2. Wetland, waterland.