Oud-Beijerland

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === Baaierland (dialect form) === Etymology === Attested as Die gorsse van Egmont Beijerlant in 1546. Compound of oud (“old”) and a compound of Beieren (“Bavaria”) and land (“land”). The village is located in a polder named after Sabina, Duchess of Bavaria, the wife of the polder's sponsor. The element oud was added to distinguish the settlement from Nieuw-Beijerland and Zuid-Beijerland. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Oud-‧Beij‧er‧land === Proper noun === Oud-Beijerland n a village and former municipality of Hoeksche Waard, South Holland, Netherlands ==== Derived terms ==== Oud-Beijerlander Oud-Beijerlands === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Oud-beijerland”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN