Breede

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as breda in 1300. Either a compound of breed (“broad, wide”) and aa (“watercourse, river”) or a derivation from bree (“elongated piece of land”).

See also Dutch Low Saxon Brijdte.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbreː.də/
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  • Hyphenation: Bree‧de
  • Rhymes: -eːdə
  • Homophone: brede

Proper noun

Breede n

  1. A village in Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands.

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