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(geography) An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes.
1999, Geert Mak, translated by Philipp Blom, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage, published 2001, page 43:
The patron saint of the Oude Kerk, Saint Nicolaas, the ‘water saint’, was also very popular, as he protected the sailors and those living on the polders from the dangers of the sea.
Translations
area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes