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Kruisland
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Dutch
Alternative forms
nl Kröslaant dialect form
Etymology
First attested as Cruyslande in 1501. Compound of nl kruis cross and nl land land. The name may have been coined as a reference to the large sums of money that the inhabitants of the settlement were forced to pay in order to ransom the owner of the village, Engelbrecht of Nassau (1451-1504).
Pronunciation
nl /ˈkrœy̯s.lɑnt/
nl Kruis land
Proper noun
n
nl village mun/Steenbergen p/North Brabant c/Netherlands
nl Pompedurp<qq:Carnival nickname>
Derived terms
nl Kruislander
nl Kruislands
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