Dries

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

From Andries.

Proper noun[edit]

Dries m

  1. a male given name

Etymology 2[edit]

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

See also Limburgish Drees.

Proper noun[edit]

Dries n

  1. A hamlet in Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands.

References[edit]

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