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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as ter Porten in 1652. Derived from te (“at”) and the dative singular form of poort (“gate”), here referring to a gate separating a farmhouse from the road next to it.
See also Limburgish Terpaote.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛrˈpoːr.tə(n)/
- Hyphenation: Ter‧poor‧ten
- Rhymes: -oːrtən
Proper noun
Terpoorten n
- A hamlet in Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN