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Dutch
Etymology
Attested as Doess in 1573. Compound of the name of a castle (derived in turn from the hydronym Does) and kwartier (“quarter, neighbourhood”). The hydronym likely derives from does (“mossy bog, overgrown peat bog or swamp, light turf”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Does‧kwar‧tier
Proper noun
Doeskwartier n
- A neighbourhood of Leiderdorp, South Holland, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “doeskwartier”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN