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Dutch
Etymology
Coined by Joost van den Vondel in Aen den Leeuw van Hollant (1641), a work of propaganda for draining the Haarlemmermeer. Compound of land (“land”) + leeuw (“lion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑnt.leːu̯/
- Hyphenation: land‧leeuw
Noun
landleeuw m (plural landleeuwen, diminutive landleeuwje n)
- (literary, Netherlands) land area of the Netherlands (personification of the Dutch land mass as in a perpetual battle against water)
- (literal) terrestrial lion
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