Breede

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as breda in 1300. Either a compound of breed (“broad, wide”) and aa (“watercourse, river”) or a derivation from bree (“elongated piece of land”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈbreː.də/
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Hyphenation: Bree‧de
Rhymes: -eːdə
Homophone: brede

Proper noun edit

Breede n

A village in Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands.

References edit

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