Sloten.
a city and former municipality of De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands
Meaning & usage
a city and former municipality of De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands
a neighbourhood and former municipality of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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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