Dries
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See also: dries
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Andries.
Proper noun
Dries m
- 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
- 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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