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.[1] 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
- de:Maarten Nijland (born 1976), Dutch cyclist
- Stef Nijland (born 1988), Dutch footballer
- Stern Nijland (born 1976), Dutch illustrator
See also
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