Vlaardingen

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Proper noun

Vlaardingen

  1. A city in South Holland, Netherlands.
  2. A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

Anagrams

Dutch

Location of municipality Vlaardingen in South Holland

Etymology

First attested as flardingis around 1018. Derived from the dative plural form of the hydronym Vlaarding, potentially derived in turn from Old Dutch *flard (ragged strip) (here referring to strips of land in the river) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ing-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvlaːr.dɪ.ŋə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: Vlaar‧din‧gen

Proper noun

Vlaardingen n

  1. Vlaardingen (a city and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands)
    Synonym: Buizengat (Carnival nickname)
    Meronym: Zuidbuurt

Derived terms

References

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