Vaartbroek
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Potentially attested as verenbroec in 1368, attested with certainty as Vaart Broek in 1838-1857. Derived from a compound of vaart (“navigable body of water”) and broek (“marsh, marshland”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Vaartbroek n
- A neighbourhood of Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN