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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Barnjegat in 1781. Compound of a dialectal form of branden (“burn”) and the plural form of gat (“kolk lake, hole in a levee”). The toponym refers to two restored levees along the Reitdiep.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑr.nəˌɣaː.tə(n)/
- Hyphenation: Bar‧ne‧ga‧ten
Proper noun
Barnegaten n
- A hamlet in Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN