Sint Maarten
English
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Proper noun
[edit]Sint Maarten
- A dependent territory and constituent country of the Netherlands, located on the southern half of the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean Sea. Capital: Philipsburg.
Translations
[edit]Island
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Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Sint-Maarten (island)
- (village) Sunt Maarten (West Frisian), Sunt-Mart (West Frisian)
Etymology
[edit]- (island and country) Named after Saint Martin of Tours.
- (village) First attested as niwelant in 1289. Named after Saint Martin of Tours.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- Sint-Maarten (part of the island of Saint Martin; a dependent territory and constituent country of the Netherlands, located in the Caribbean Sea)
- A village and former municipality of Schagen, North Holland, Netherlands
- Synonym: Knorrenburg (Carnival nickname)
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- English lemmas
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- English uncountable nouns
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- en:Sint Maarten
- en:Dependent territories of the Netherlands
- en:Countries
- en:Islands
- en:Places in the Netherlands
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
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- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Sint Maarten
- nl:Islands
- nl:Dependent territories of the Netherlands
- nl:Countries
- nl:Places in the Netherlands
- nl:Villages in North Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Historical political subdivisions
- nl:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- Dutch eponyms