Ridderbuurt

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested as Ridderbuurt in 1714. Compound of ridder (“knight”) and buurt (“hamlet”). The toponym may refer to a group of knights who lived near the current hamlet. Alternatively, the name may have been given to mock the inhabitants.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Rid‧der‧buurt

Proper noun edit

Ridderbuurt n

A hamlet in Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

Ridderveld

References edit

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