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, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
  2. A neighbourhood of Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

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