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Overschie.

a neighbourhood and former municipality of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

9 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

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  1. a neighbourhood and former municipality of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

First attested as skie in the first half of the 11th century. Compound of an inflected form of Middle Dutch out (“old”) and the hydronym Schie. The first element was gradually reinterpreted to over (“over, on the other side of”).

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