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Teerns.

a village in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands

6 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/teːrns/
  1. a village in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Potentially attested as terynse in 1397, attested with certainty as thernze in 1427. Borrowed from West Frisian Tearns, presumably derived from Old Frisian There (a personal name) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi-. Compare Tirns.

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