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Etymology

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Compound of raam (frame) and buurt (neighbourhood). The neighbourhood was formerly the site of a laundrette which employed large amounts of wooden frames to dry clothing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈraːm.byːrt/
  • Hyphenation: Raam‧buurt
  • Rhymes: -yːrt

Proper noun

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Raambuurt n

  1. A neighbourhood of Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands.