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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as in de Leete in 1757. Likely derived from lede (“excavated watercourse”), although the spelling of the toponym is odd. It is possible that the settlement was originally named after the River Lethe from Greek myth, and that the settlement's inhabitants reinterpreted the name to a variant of lede over time.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də ˈleː.tə/
- Hyphenation: De Le‧the
- Rhymes: -eːtə
Proper noun
De Lethe n
- A hamlet in Westerwolde, Groningen, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN