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Etymology

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Attested as Roggebot in 1875. Compound of the toponym Roggebot (the name of a former sand bar) and sluis (lock, sluice).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌrɔ.ɣə.bɔtˈslœy̯s/
  • Hyphenation: Rog‧ge‧bot‧sluis
  • Rhymes: -œy̯s

Proper noun

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Roggebotsluis n

  1. A hamlet in Dronten, Flevoland, Netherlands.

References

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