Nijland (surname)

Nijland is a Dutch toponymic surname. Nijland, modern Dutch nieuw land means "new land", indicating that a person may have lived on newly recovered land or that he came from any number of places named such. Equivalent surnames are Dutch Nieuwland, Scandinavian Nyland, German Neuland, and English Newland. People named Nijland include:

Albertus Antonie Nijland (1868–1936), Dutch astronomer
Dorus Nijland (1880–1968), Dutch cyclist
Linde Nijland (born 1970s), Dutch folk singer
de:Maarten Nijland (born 1976), Dutch cyclist
Stef Nijland (born 1988), Dutch footballer
Stern Nijland (born 1976), Dutch illustrator

See also

Nijland, a town in Friesland
Nijland, a lunar crater named after Albert A. Nijland

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