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Polder   /pˈoʊldər/   Listen
Polder

noun
1.
Low-lying land that has been reclaimed and is protected by dikes (especially in the Netherlands).





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"Polder" Quotes from Famous Books



... on a page of my note-book went a roughly sketched map of Holland, my idea being to begin with Gouda, going on to Leiden, slipping through the villages of South Holland, which seem strange to travelers, and skirting the great polder that was once the famed Haarlemmer-Meer. Then, having seen Haarlem sitting on her throne of flowers, to pass on, giving a few days to Amsterdam and interesting places in the neighborhood, watery market-towns and settlements of the merchant princes. Next ...
— The Chauffeur and the Chaperon • C. N. Williamson


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