Swifterbant
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Etymology edit
First attested as suifterbant in 793. Derived from Old Dutch swifter (“left, northern”) and bant (“region, inhabited area”), from Proto-Germanic *bant-, *bantō, *banti (“district, region”), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰonHdeₕ₂-, *bʰonHdos- (“useful, beneficial, good”), from *bʰHdús-.[1]
Originally the name of a forest. The name was later chosen as suitable for one of the planned villages in the Flevopolder.
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Proper noun edit
Swifterbant n
- A village in Dronten, Flevoland, Netherlands.
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References edit
- ^ Olivier van Renswoude (2016): Brabant en andere banten