Welgelegen

• (Opsterland) Attested as Welgelegen in 1848. Compound of wel (“good, well”) and gelegen (“located”). The hamlet may have been named after a former café.
• (Curaçao) Compound of wel (“good, well”) and gelegen (“located”). Named after a former monastery.
• (Leeuwarden) Compound of wel (“good, well”) and gelegen (“located”).
• (Gelderland) Attested as Welgelegen in 1830-1855. Compound of wel (“good, well”) and gelegen (“located”). Originally the name of a manor.
• (Haarlem) Compound of wel (“good, well”) and gelegen (“located”).
• (Haarlemmermeer) Compound of wel (“good, well”) and gelegen (“located”).
• (Utrecht) Compound of wel (“good, well”) and gelegen (“located”). Named after a former farmhouse, named in turn after a former manor.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛl.ɣəˌleː.ɣə(n)/
• Hyphenation: Wel‧ge‧le‧gen

Welgelegen n

1. a hamlet in Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
2. a neighbourhood of Willemstad, Curaçao
3. a neighbourhood of Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
4. a neighborhood of Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
5. a neighbourhood of Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands
6. a neighbourhood of Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands
7. a neighbourhood of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

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