Lelystad
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Proper noun[edit]
Lelystad
- A city and capital of Flevoland, Netherlands.
- A municipality of Flevoland, Netherlands.
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Etymology[edit]
From Lely + stad (“town, city”). The former after Cornelis Lely, one of the planners of the land reclamation projects in the former Zuiderzee. The name was given in 1952.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Lelystad n
- Lelystad (a city, municipality, and capital of Flevoland, Netherlands).
- Synonyms: Lelijkstad (perjorative nickname), Knarregat (Carnival nickname)
Derived terms[edit]
- Lelystatter
- Lelystads
- Lelijkstad (pejorative nickname)
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- English lemmas
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- en:Cities in Flevoland, Netherlands
- en:Cities in the Netherlands
- en:Provincial capitals of the Netherlands
- en:Places in Flevoland, Netherlands
- en:Places in the Netherlands
- en:Municipalities of Flevoland, Netherlands
- en:Municipalities of the Netherlands
- Dutch compound terms
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Dutch lemmas
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- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Cities in Flevoland, Netherlands
- nl:Cities in the Netherlands
- nl:Municipalities of Flevoland, Netherlands
- nl:Municipalities of the Netherlands
- nl:Provincial capitals of the Netherlands
- nl:Places in Flevoland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands
- Dutch eponyms