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Sint-Annaland
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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as sint annenlant in 1493. Compound of the name of Saint Anne and nl land land. The name was given as a reference to the namesake of Anne of Burgundy (ca. 1435-1508), who initiated the land-reclamation project which resulted in the creation of the polders which the settlement was later built on. Compare nl Sint Anna and nl Sint Annaparochie.
See also zea Stalland, zea Setalland.
Pronunciation
nl /ˌsɪnt ˈɑ.naːˌlɑnt/
nl Sint- An na land
Proper noun
n
nl village/and/former municipality mun/Tholen p/Zeeland c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Sint-Annalander
nl Sint-Annalands
References
sint-annaland
nl eponyms