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Smilde.

a village and former municipality of Midden-Drenthe, Drenthe, Netherlands

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈsmɪl.də/
  1. a village and former municipality of Midden-Drenthe, Drenthe, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

First attested as Smilde in 1846. Difficult to interpret due to a paucity of old attestations. Proposed etymologies include a derivation from a term cognate to smal (“narrow”), a derivation from Old Saxon *smeltitha (“soft swampland”) and a derivation from smele (“hair grass, Deschampsia sp.”). Compare Smele. See also Dutch De Smilde.

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