Pieterburen
Dutch
editEtymology
editFirst attested as sancti Petri in 1371. Compound of the name of Saint Peter and the plural form of buur (“house, cottage”). The settlement was named after the patron saint of the parish church.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editPieterburen n
- A village in Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands.
References
edit- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN