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Wijns.

a village in Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, Netherlands

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ʋɛi̯ns/
  1. a village in Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Potentially attested as weingi in 944, attested with certainty as winenge in 1224. Borrowed from West Frisian Wyns, derived in turn from Old Frisian Wago (a personal name) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi-.

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