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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of zee (“sea”) + gans (“goose”). The natural habitat of black geese in Europe are mostly coastal areas. Similarly, flamingos usually live at the sea shore and have long, somewhat goose-like necks.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzeː.ɣɑns/
- Hyphenation: zee‧gans
Noun
zeegans f (plural zeeganzen, diminutive zeegansje n)
- A black goose, any of the geese of the genus Branta.
- Synonym: zwarte gans
- (Suriname) Synonym of flamingo
Descendants