Where does “Balanda'” come from?

Balanda' (Tausug) comes from Malay Belanda, from Javanese Walanda, from Portuguese Holanda, from Old Dutch holt lant — wood land.

Balanda' (Tausug): Holland, Netherlands (officially Kingdom of the Netherlands)

Definitions

  1. Holland, Netherlands (officially Kingdom of the Netherlands)

Ancestry of “Balanda'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayBelandaDutch
2JavaneseWalanda—
3PortugueseHolandathe Netherlands; Holland
4Old Dutchholt lantwood land

Words derived from “Balanda'”

Every word from Old Dutch holt lant →Every word from Portuguese Holanda →Every word from Javanese Walanda →