Doesburg

Doesburg

1. A town in Gelderland, Netherlands.
2. A municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands.

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First attested as dusburg in 1025. Etymology uncertain. Perhaps a compound derived from Old Dutch dust (“brushwood”) or dôse (“mossy fen”) and burg (“reinforced settlement, castle”). Compare Donzel, Dunsborg, Duisburg, Duisenburg and Duisdorf.

See also Dutch Low Saxon Doezebarg.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdus.bʏrx/

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• Hyphenation: Does‧burg
• Rhymes: -ʏrx

Doesburg n

1. Doesburg (a city and municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands)

   Meronyms: Beinum, Molenveld, Wemmersweerd

• Doesburger
• Doesburgs

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