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Dutch
Etymology
- (Noord-Holland) First attested as Leyerthienden van Oudenyerop in 1593. Derived from the plural form of dialectal lei (“wet peat bog, swampy flooded land”).
- (Overijssel) Attested as Leijen in 1846. Derived from the plural form of dialectal leije (“cultivated land between two drainage canals”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də ˈlɛi̯.ə(n)/
- Hyphenation: De Leij‧en
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯ən
Proper noun
De Leijen n
- A hamlet in Hollands Kroon, North Holland, Netherlands
- A hamlet in Staphorst, Overijssel, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “de leijen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN