Stad van Gerwen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as den hoff in de stadt in 1650. Derived from stad, here used in the archaic sense "place, location", and van Gerwen (a surname).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɑt vɑn ˈɣɛr.ʋə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: Stad van Ger‧wen
  • Rhymes: -ɛrʋən

Proper noun

Stad van Gerwen n

  1. a hamlet in Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN