Welgelegen

Dutch

Etymology

• (Opsterland) Attested as Welgelegen in 1848. Compound of wel (“good, well”) and gelegen (“located”). The hamlet may have been named after a former café.
• (Curaçao) Compound of wel (“good, well”) and gelegen (“located”). Named after a former monastery.
• (Leeuwarden) Compound of wel (“good, well”) and gelegen (“located”).
• (Gelderland) Attested as Welgelegen in 1830-1855. Compound of wel (“good, well”) and gelegen (“located”). Originally the name of a manor.
• (Haarlem) Compound of wel (“good, well”) and gelegen (“located”).
• (Haarlemmermeer) Compound of wel (“good, well”) and gelegen (“located”).
• (Utrecht) Compound of wel (“good, well”) and gelegen (“located”). Named after a former farmhouse, named in turn after a former manor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛl.ɣəˌleː.ɣə(n)/
• Hyphenation: Wel‧ge‧le‧gen

Proper noun

Welgelegen n

1. A hamlet in Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands.
2. A neighbourhood of Willemstad, Curaçao.
3. A neighbourhood of Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands.
4. A neighborhood of Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands.
5. A neighbourhood of Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
6. A neighbourhood of Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
7. A neighbourhood of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “welgelegen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN