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Dries

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See also: dries

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dris/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Dries
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Homophone: dries

Etymology 1

From Andries.

Proper noun

Dries m

  1. a male given name

Etymology 2

First attested as Driest in 1838-1857. Derived from dries (“land not in cultivation, temporarily vacant land”).

See also Limburgish Drees.

Proper noun

Dries n

  1. a hamlet in Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands

References

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