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Dutch
Etymology
Attested as Ridderbuurt in 1714. Compound of ridder (“knight”) and buurt (“hamlet”). The toponym may refer to a group of knights who lived near the current hamlet. Alternatively, the name may have been given to mock the inhabitants.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Rid‧der‧buurt
Proper noun
Ridderbuurt n
- A hamlet in Alphen aan den Rijn, South Holland, Netherlands
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “ridderbuurt”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN