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Oud-Beijerland
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Dutch
Alternative forms
nl Baaierland dialect form
Etymology
Attested as Die gorsse van Egmont Beijerlant in 1546. Compound of nl oud old and a compound of nl Beieren Bavaria and nl land land. The village is located in a polder named after Sabina, Duchess of Bavaria, the wife of the polder's sponsor. The element nl oud was added to distinguish the settlement from nl Nieuw-Beijerland and nl Zuid-Beijerland.
Pronunciation
nl Nl-Oud-Beijerland.ogg
nl Oud- Beij er land
Proper noun
n
nl village/and/former municipality mun/Hoeksche Waard p/South Holland c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Oud-Beijerlander
nl Oud-Beijerlands
References
oud-beijerland