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Zeeuw.

a Zeelander, a person from Zeeland, the Netherlands

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/zeːu̯/
  1. a Zeelander, a person from Zeeland, the Netherlands

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Back-formation from Zeeuws (“Zealandic”) by analogy with pairs of the sort of Italiaans (“Italian”, adjective), Italiaan (“Italian”, noun). Zeeuws is equivalent to zee (“sea”) + -s (“-ish”) with retention of the -w- in Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (“sea”).

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