Doeskwartier

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Doess in 1573. Compound of the name of a castle (derived in turn from the hydronym Does) and kwartier (“quarter, neighbourhood”). The hydronym likely derives from does (“mossy bog, overgrown peat bog or swamp, light turf”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Does‧kwar‧tier

Proper noun

Doeskwartier n

A neighbourhood of Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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