Steinvoorde

Dutch

Etymology

Likely equivalent to steen (“stone”) +‎ voorde (“ford”) (as in Steenvoorde, the name of a municipality in French Flanders); compare also -stein, a German form borrowed into Dutch as a toponymic element. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɛi̯nˌvoːr.də/
  • Hyphenation: Stein‧voor‧de

Proper noun

Steinvoorde n

  1. a neighbourhood of Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
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