Schiebroek

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as scieboec in 1400. Compound of the hydronym Schie and Middle Dutch bruec (“marsh, marshland”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Schie‧broek

Proper noun

Schiebroek n

  1. a neighbourhood and former municipality of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

  • Schiebroeker
  • Schiebroeks

References

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