Zomerland

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Zo‧mer‧land

Proper noun

Zomerland n

1. A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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