Papendrecht

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Papendrecht.

Proper noun

Papendrecht

  1. A town and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as papendreht in 1105. Compound of Old Dutch Papo (a personal name) or pape (“cleric”) and dreht (“ferry, watercourse”) (see -drecht). Compare Barendrecht, Duivendrecht and Woensdrecht.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Pa‧pen‧drecht

Proper noun

Papendrecht n

  1. a town and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands
    Meronyms: Matena, Oosteind

Derived terms

  • Papendrechter
  • Papendrechts

References

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