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Sylt
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sylt
English
Proper noun
en island s/Schleswig-Holstein c/Germany in the sea/North Sea.
Translations
German island
Danish: da Sild
Frisian:
North Frisian: frr Sal Föhr-Amrum,frr Westerlun Heligoland, frr Säl Karrharde, frr Söl Sylt, frr Sol Wiedingharde
Saterland Frisian: stq Sylt
West Frisian: fy Söl
German: de Sylt
Polish: pl Sylt m-in
Portuguese: pt Sylt f
Russian: ru Зильт
Ukrainian: uk Зюльт m
Anagrams
en lsty LYST
German
de:
Etymology
From de ofs Silendi sea-land, from de gmw-pro *saiwi + gmw-pro *land.Taylor, I. (1896). Names and Their Histories: Alphabetically Arranged as a Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature. United Kingdom: Rivington, Percival, p. 271 de Seeland.
Pronunciation
de /zʏlt/
de De-Sylt.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de an <<island>> of the North Sea in <<dist:suf/Nordfriesland>>, <<s/Schleswig-Holstein>>, <<c/Germany>> Sylt
de Sylt gilt als Lieblingsinsel der Schönen und Reichen. Sylt is considered the favourite island of the rich and beautiful.
Eins 2002 13 Also, es fängt damit an, daß ich bei Fisch-Gosch in List auf Sylt stehe und ein Jever aus der Flasche trinke.
Derived terms
de Sylter syltisch
References
Portuguese
pt:
Proper noun
f
pt island of c/Germany in the sea/North Sea Sylt