Bavoort

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as bachevorth in 1006, attested with certainty as badenvorde in 1334. Compound of Old Dutch Bado (“a personal name”) and furda (“ford, crossing”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Ba‧voort

Proper noun

Bavoort n

A hamlet in Leusden, Utrecht, Netherlands.

References

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