Biestraat
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
First attested as biestraten in 1297. Derived from a dialectal variant of bij (“bee, Apis sp.”) and straat (“street, road”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Biestraat n
- A hamlet in Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN