Bavoort

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as bachevorth in 1006, attested with certainty as badenvorde in 1334. Compound of Old Dutch Bado (a personal name) and furda (“ford, crossing”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Ba‧voort

Proper noun

Bavoort n

  1. a hamlet in Leusden, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “bavoort”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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