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Sloten.

a city and former municipality of De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈsloː.tə(n)/
  1. a city and former municipality of De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands

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  2. a neighbourhood and former municipality of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

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Where this word comes from

* (Friesland) First attested as sloten in 1384. Calque of Old Frisian slāt (“ditch, dug watercourse”) in the dative plural form. See also West Frisian Sleat. * (Noord-Holland) First attested as sloton in the first half of the 11th century. Derived from the dative plural form of the hydronym Slote, derived in turn from Old Dutch slōt (“ditch, dug watercourse”). Formerly an independent village.

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