Wieldrecht

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as wildreht in 1187. Compound of Middle Dutch wiel (“kolk lake”) and -drecht (“ferry, watercourse”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Wiel‧drecht

Proper noun

Wieldrecht n

  1. a hamlet and former municipality of Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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