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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as De Leepelstraet in 1787. Potentially a compound of lepel (“spoonbill, Platalea leucordia”) and straat (“street, road”). The element lepel may derive from the name of a former inn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈleː.pəlˌstraːt/
- Hyphenation: Le‧pel‧straat
Proper noun
Lepelstraat n
- A village in Bergen op Zoom, North Brabant, Netherlands
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN