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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as soutenlande in 1256. Compound of zout (“salt”) (used here in a dialectal sense to refer to land located outside of a levee) and land (“land”).
See also Zealandic Zoetelande.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzu.təˌlɑn.də/ (correct)
- IPA(key): /ˈzɑu̯.təˌlɑn.də/ (incorrect but frequently used)
- Hyphenation: Zou‧te‧lan‧de
Proper noun
Zoutelande n
- A village and former municipality of Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands
Usage notes
The correct pronunciation of the toponym involves pronouncing the first element as zoet. Outside of Zeeland, the first element is often incorrectly pronounced as zout.
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “zoutelande”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN