Zeeland

See also: zeeland

English

Etymology

From Dutch Zeeland.

Proper noun

Zeeland

1. A province of the Netherlands.
2. A village in North Brabant, Netherlands.
3. A city in Ottawa County, Michigan.
4. A city in McIntosh County, North Dakota.

Synonyms

• Zealand

Derived terms

• Zeelander
• New Zealand
• Zeelandia

Translations

province

• Arabic: زيلند f (zīland), زيلاندا f (zīlāndā)
• Catalan: Zelanda f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 澤蘭 / 泽兰 (zh) (Zélán)

• Czech: Zéland
• Danish: Zeeland n
• Dutch: Zeeland (nl) n

  Middle Dutch: Seelant n, Selant n, Zelant n, Zeelant n, Zielant

• Esperanto: Zelando
• Estonian: Meremaa
• Farefare: Zeelant
• Finnish: Seelanti, Zeeland
• French: Zélande (fr) f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Seelân n

• Galician: Zelandia f, Celandia f
• Georgian: ზელანდიის პროვინცია (zelandiis ṗrovincia), ზელანდია (zelandia)
• German: Seeland (de) n
• Hungarian: Zeeland
• Icelandic: Sjáland n
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} An tSéalainn f
• Italian: Zelanda (it)
• Japanese: ゼーラント州 (Zērantoshū)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} Batavia
• Latvian: Zēlande f
• Limburgish: Zieland (li)
• Lithuanian: Zelándija f
• Low German: Seeland

  Dutch Low Saxon: Zeelaand

• Macedonian: Зе́ланд m (Zéland)
• Norwegian: Zeeland
• Polish: Zelandia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Zelândia (pt)
• Romanian: Seeland, Zeelanda
• Russian: Зела́ндия (ru) f (Zelándija)
• Spanish: Zelanda
• Swedish: Zeeland n
• Turkish: Zelanda
• Vietnamese: Sealand
• Welsh: Sealand
• West Flemish: Zêeland n
• Zealandic: Zeêland n

See also

provinces of the Netherlandsedit

• Drenthe
• Flevoland
• Friesland
• Gelderland
• Groningen
• Limburg
• North Brabant
• North Holland
• Overijssel
• South Holland
• Utrecht
• Zeeland

Anagrams

• lazened

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Zélland (Noord-Brabant, dialect form)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzeː.lɑnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Zee‧land

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch Sêelant. Equivalent to zee (“sea”) +‎ land (“land”) or from zeeland (“coastal land”).

Proper noun

Zeeland n

1. Zeeland (a province of the Netherlands)

   Meronyms: Borsele, Goes, Hulst, Kapelle, Middelburg, Noord-Beveland, Reimerswaal, Schouwen-Duiveland, Sluis, Terneuzen, Tholen, Veere, Vlissingen

Derived terms

• Nieuw-Zeeland

Related terms

• land
• zee
• Zeeuw

Descendants

• → English: Zealand

See also

• Zeêland (Zealandic)

provinces of the Netherlands: provincies van Nederlandedit

• Drenthe
• Flevoland
• Friesland
• Gelderland
• Groningen
• Limburg
• Noord-Brabant
• Noord-Holland
• Overijssel
• Utrecht
• Zeeland
• Zuid-Holland

Etymology 2

Both toponyms are potentially related to Old High German selilant (“free patrimony”), itself derived from Latin terra salica (“free patrimony, possession subject to Salic law”).

• (Noord-Brabant) First attested as zeelant in 1376.
• (Gelderland) First attested as 't guet geheiten zelandt in 1406.

Proper noun

Zeeland n

1. a village and former municipality of Maashorst, North Brabant, Netherlands
2. a hamlet in Berg en Dal, Gelderland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Zeelander
• Zeelands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Anagrams

• zadelen