Eendracht

See also: eendracht

Dutch

Etymology

Named after a watercourse located to the east of Tholen, derived from a compound of Middle Dutch heen (“sea clubrush, Bulboschoenus maritimus”) and -drecht (“ferry, watercourse”). The initial H- was gradually lost, and the hydronym was reinterpreted to eendracht (“concord”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Een‧dracht

Proper noun

Eendracht n

  1. a neighbourhood of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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