Bosch en Duin

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Bosch en Duin in 1913. Derived from bos (“forest”) and duin (“dune”). Named after the company which developed the settlement and after a set of dunes near De Bilt.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Bosch en Duin

Proper noun

Bosch en Duin n

  1. a village in Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

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