Eesterga

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Eestergae in 1505. Likely derived from a compound of Old Frisian ees (“farmland next to a village”) or ā (“watercourse, river”) and gâ (“village, village area”). The Dutch form of the toponym was borrowed from an earlier variant of the Frisian name. Compare Eestrum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeːs.tərˌɣaː/
  • Hyphenation: Ees‧ter‧ga

Proper noun

Eesterga n

  1. A village in De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands.

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