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Dutch
Etymology
Attested as Noort-Hofflants off Adegeester polder in 1647. Potentially a compound of a personal name or the hydronym Ade (derived from a hypercorrection of aa (“water, river”)) and geest (“elevated sandy land”). Named after a former manor.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Adegeest n
- A neighbourhood of Voorschoten, South Holland, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “adegeest”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN