Swifterbant
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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as suifterbant in 793. Derived from Old Dutch swifter (“left, northern”) and bant (“region, inhabited area”), from Proto-Germanic *bant-, *bantō, *banti (“district, region”), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰonHdeₕ₂-, *bʰonHdos- (“useful, beneficial, good”), from *bʰHdús-.
Originally the name of a forest. The name was later chosen as suitable for one of the planned villages in the Flevopolder.
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Proper noun
Swifterbant n
- a village in Dronten, Flevoland, Netherlands
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References
- ^ Olivier van Renswoude (2016): Brabant en andere banten