Struisenburg

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as de Struisvogel. Compound of struis (“ostrich, Struthio sp.”) and burg (“manor, mansion”). Originally the name of a mansion, which was named in turn after a nearby windmill.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstrœy̯.sə(n)ˌbʏrx/
Hyphenation: Strui‧sen‧burg

Proper noun

Struisenburg n

A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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