Schonenburg

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of Middle Dutch schone (“clean, free of weeds”) and borch (“fortified settlement, castle”). Named after a medieval fortified farmstead.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Schonenburg n

  1. a neighbourhood of Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands
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