Lepelstraat
Dutch
editAlternative forms
edit- Lepelstraot (dialect spelling)
Etymology
editFirst attested as De Leepelstraet in 1787. Potentially a compound of lepel (“spoonbill, Platalea leucordia”) and straat (“street, road”). The element lepel may derive from the name of a former inn.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editLepelstraat n
- A village in Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN