zeelandichttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zeelandic_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZeelandic, adj.
First published 2018

Zeelandicadjective (& noun)

  1. 1802–
    Of, relating to, or characteristic of the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands (see Zeelander n.), its people, or its dialect. Also as n.: the dialect of Dutch spoken in Zeeland.
    1. 1802
      A Zealandic chronicler..says that the islands of Zealand were formed by violent tempests in the year 938.
      J. Pinkerton, Modern Geography vol. I. 469
    2. 1858
      Robert of Flanders..acquired the name of ‘The Frison’, by subduing the Zeelandic islands, in the latter part of the XIth Century.
      J. W. de Peyster, Hist. Carusius 325
    3. 1917
      Another Dutchman..strongly urged that..Zeelandic Flanders could never be separated from the mother-country, both for ethnical and for economic reasons.
      New Europe 18 January 16
    4. 1993
      The verb system of Zeelandic was being rapidly levelled through the analogic convergence of strong verb morphology with that of weak verbs.
      P. A. Slomanson in F. Byrne & J. Holm, Atlantic meets Pacific v. 425
    5. 2007
      It is this period [sc. the Dutch Revolt] that clearly formed a distinct Zeelandic identity, and which was a source of regional pride.
      R. Esser in J. Pollmann & A. Spicer, Public Opinion & Changing Identities in Early Modern Netherlands xii. 242
    6. 2014
      In the first decade and a half after the Zeelandic takeover of the colony [sc. Surinam] both Zeelandic and Jewish traders operated.
      K. Fatah-Black in G. Oostindie & J. V. Roitman, Dutch Atlantic Connections, 1600–1800 i. ii. 61

Zeelandic, adj. was first published in June 2018.

Zeelandic, adj. was last modified in July 2023.