Monday word: polder

[ersatz-read.livejournal.com]

polder (pōl′dər), noun
An area of low-lying land reclaimed from a body of water.

Most common in Netherlands, where many areas of low-lying land are surrounded by dikes keeping the water out.

Etymology:  Dutch

Comments

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

Leave it to the Dutch to introduce us to a new word for a body of water! Thanks, ersatz_read!

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

And in literary criticism, polder (http://sf-encyclopedia.uk/fe.php?nm=polder) is used by extension for a region protected from and set aside from the rest of the world, such as Shangri-La.

---L.

[ersatz-read.livejournal.com]

Cool, I will add that to my list of good names for a home. (grith is my frontrunnner)