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IJlst.

a city and former municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ɛi̯lst/
  1. a city and former municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands

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Where this word comes from

First attested as jleke and yleke in the 13th century. Etymology unclear. Proposed etymologies from a hydronym *î-laki or from Old Frisian yl (“callus”) (referring here to hardened soil) do not match the oldest attestations. The Dutch form of the toponym was borrowed from an earlier version of the Frisian name. See also West Frisian Drylts.

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