Dutchland

Meaning

Proper Noun

• Pennsylvania Dutchland
• The region of Continental Europe populated by speakers of Low, Middle and High West Germanic languages, roughly corresponding to the Netherlands, Flanders, Germany, Austria, and parts of Switzerland.
• Germany.
• Holland; The Netherlands .

Origin

• From Middle English Duchelond ("Germany"), equivalent to Dutch + land. Cognate with West Frisian Dútslân ("Germany"), Dutch Duitsland ("Germany"), German Deutschland ("Germany"), Swedish Tyskland ("Germany"), Icelandic Þýskaland ("Germany").