Kruisland

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • Kröslaant (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as Cruyslande in 1501. Compound of kruis (“cross”) and land (“land”). The name may have been coined as a reference to the large sums of money that the inhabitants of the settlement were forced to pay in order to ransom the owner of the village, Engelbrecht of Nassau (1451-1504).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkrœy̯s.lɑnt/
  • Hyphenation: Kruis‧land

Proper noun

Kruisland n

  1. A village in Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
    Synonym: Pompedurp (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms
  • Kruislander
  • Kruislands

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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