Vrederust

Dutch

Etymology

  • (Noord-Brabant) Attested as Vrederust in 1869. Compound of vrede (“peace”) and rust (“rest”). Originally the name of an institution for the mentally disturbed.
  • (Zuid-Holland) Compound of vrede (“peace”) and rust (“rest”). Likely named after a farmhouse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvreː.dəˌrʏst/
  • Hyphenation: Vre‧de‧rust

Proper noun

Vrederust n

  1. a hamlet in Bergen op Zoom, North Brabant, Netherlands
  2. a neighbourhood of The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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