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Dutch
Etymology
Back-formation from Zeeuws (“Zealandic”) by analogy with pairs of the sort of Italiaans (“Italian”, adjective), Italiaan (“Italian”, noun). Zeeuws is equivalent to zee (“sea”) + -s (“-ish”) with retention of the -w- in Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (“sea”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Zeeuw m (plural Zeeuwen, diminutive Zeeuwtje n)
- a Zeelander, a person from Zeeland, the Netherlands