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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as pahindrecht and pagindrecht in 1114-1127. Compound of a personal name, a hydronym, or an inflected form of Middle Dutch page (“horse”) and -drecht (“ferry, watercourse”). The name originally referred to a village which was destroyed by the sea in 1421.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pendrecht n
- A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “pendrecht”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN