Sporenburg

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of spoor (“railway”) and burg (“manor, castle”). The neighbourhood was formerly used as a marshalling yard.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Spo‧ren‧burg

Proper noun

Sporenburg n

  1. a neighbourhood of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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