Dolphia

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Dolphia in 1899. Derived from Dolf (“a personal name”) suffixed with the pseudo-Latin suffix -ia. Originally the name of a house.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔl.fi.aː/
• Hyphenation: Dol‧phia

Proper noun

Dolphia n

1. A neighbourhood of Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands.

References

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