Vaartbroek

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as verenbroec in 1368, attested with certainty as Vaart Broek in 1838-1857. Derived from a compound of vaart (“navigable body of water”) and broek (“marsh, marshland”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvaːrt.bruk/
  • Hyphenation: Vaart‧broek

Proper noun

Vaartbroek n

  1. A neighbourhood of Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

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