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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as sheerenland van moerkerken in 1450. Compound of the genetive form of Middle Dutch mijn (“mine”), here (“lord”) and lant (“land”). The village formerly belonged in a fiefdom controlled by the lord of Moerkerk.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Mijns‧hee‧ren‧land
Proper noun
Mijnsheerenland n
- A village and former municipality of Hoeksche Waard, South Holland, Netherlands
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “mijnsheerenland”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN