Bredevoort

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Dutch

Etymology

First attested as breideruord in 1188. Compound of breed (“broad”) and voort (“ford”).

See also Dutch Low Saxon Breevoort.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbreː.dəˌvoːrt/
  • Hyphenation: Bre‧de‧voort

Proper noun

Bredevoort n

  1. A city and former municipality of Aalten, Gelderland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “bredevoort”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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