Breda

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹidə/, /ˈbɹeɪdə/, /ˈbɹeɪdɑ/, /bɹeɪˈdɑ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹiːdə/, /ˈbɹeɪdə/, /ˈbɹeɪdɑː/, /bɹeɪˈdɑː/
• Rhymes: -iːdə, -eɪdə, -ɑː

Breda

1. A city and municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands.
2. A village and municipality in Girona province, Catalonia, Spain.
3. A minor city in Carroll County, Iowa, United States.

• Debra, Bader, Aberd, bared, bread, Debar, beard, arbed, ardeb, Beard, debar

From Middle Dutch brêdâ; first attested as brida in 1152. Etymology uncertain. Not a compound of breed (“broad”) and aa (“river, watercourse”).

• IPA^(key): /breːˈdaː/

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• Hyphenation: Bre‧da
• Rhymes: -aː

Breda n

1. Breda (a city and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands)

   Synonyms: Haagje van het Zuiden (nickname), Oranjestad (nickname), Parel van het Zuiden (nickname), Kielegat (Carnival nickname)

   Meronyms: Achterste Rith, Bavel, Bolberg, Diunt, Effen, Eikberg, Ginneken, IJpelaar, Lies, Lijndonk, Princenhage, Prinsenbeek, Roosberg, Tervoort, Teteringen, Ulvenhout, Vaareind, Verloren Hoek, Vuchtschoot, Westrik

• Bredanaar
• Bredaas

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Brêdâ

1. Breda (a city in the modern Netherlands)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: Breda

• “Breda”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

Borrowed from Dutch Breda.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛ.da/

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• Rhymes: -ɛda
• Syllabification: Bre‧da

Breda f (related adjective bredzki)

1. Breda (a city and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands)

• Breda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Breda in PWN's encyclopedia

Breda f

1. Breda (a city in North Brabant, Netherlands)