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new netherland

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables
new nether-land
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former colony of the Netherlands: A Dutch colonial province along the east coast of North America, capital New Amsterdam

Etymology

Calque of Dutch Nieuw Nederland. From nieuw (“new”) + Nederland (“Netherlands”), from neder (“low”) + land (“land, country”).

Phrases

Low Countries New England New Jersey New York

Frequently Paired Words

Low Countries Netherland Netherlands new New England New Jersey New York

Questions

What does new netherland mean?
A former colony of the Netherlands: A Dutch colonial province along the east coast of North America, capital New Amsterdam
Where does new netherland come from?
Calque of Dutch Nieuw Nederland. From nieuw (“new”) + Nederland (“Netherlands”), from neder (“low”) + land (“land, country”).

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