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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of rots (“rock”) and oord (“place”). Named after a former mansion, the name of which is a double pun: the mansion's walls were covered in place brick, thus giving the edifice a rocky exterior (from whence rots), while the builder and owner of the mansion was called Adriaan van Oort (from whence oord).
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Proper noun
Rotsoord n
- A neighbourhood of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands