Lepelstraat

Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

Lepelstraot (dialect spelling)

Etymology edit

First attested as De Leepelstraet in 1787. Potentially a compound of lepel (“spoonbill, Platalea leucordia”) and straat (“street, road”). The element lepel may derive from the name of a former inn.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈleː.pəlˌstraːt/
Hyphenation: Le‧pel‧straat

Proper noun edit

Lepelstraat n

A village in Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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