Boornzwaag
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Etymology edit
First attested as bennigaswach in the 13th century. Calque of West Frisian Boarnsweach, a compound of Old Frisian Benninga (“a surname”) or Bonninga and swâg (“pasture, land where cattle is kept”).
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Proper noun edit
Boornzwaag n
- A village in De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands.
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References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN