Moordrecht

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested as mordreth in 1250. Compound of a variant of Middle Dutch moer (“peat bog, fenland”) and -drecht (“ferry, watercourse”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Moor‧drecht

Proper noun

Moordrecht n

  1. a village and former municipality of Zuidplas, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

  • Moordrechter
  • Moordrechts

References

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