Prosperdorp
Dutch
editEtymology
editAttested as Prosperdorp in 1936. Compound of Prosper (a personal name) and dorp (“village, settlement”). The settlement was named for its location in the Prosperpolder, which was named in turn after its primary investor, Duke Prosper Lodewijk van Arenberg (1785-1861).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editProsperdorp n
- A hamlet in Hulst, Zeeland, Netherlands