Westerland
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Westerland
- A town, seaside resort and former municipality on the island of Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested as westenlande and westelant in 1343-1344. Compound of Middle Dutch wester (“western, west-”) and land (“land”). The toponym contrasts with Oosterland.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: Wes‧ter‧land
Proper noun
[edit]Westerland n
- A village in Hollands Kroon, North Holland, Netherlands
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “westerland”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Westerland n (proper noun, genitive Westerlands or (optionally with an article) Westerland)
- Westerland (a city in northern Germany)
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Towns in Schleswig-Holstein
- en:Towns in Germany
- en:Places in Schleswig-Holstein
- en:Places in Germany
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Villages in North Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/ant
- Rhymes:German/ant/3 syllables
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Cities in Germany
- de:Places in Germany