Adegeest
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Attested as Noort-Hofflants off Adegeester polder in 1647. Potentially a compound of a personal name or the hydronym Ade (derived from a hypercorrection of aa (“water, river”)) and geest (“elevated sandy land”). Named after a former manor.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: Ade‧geest
Proper noun[edit]
Adegeest n
- A neighbourhood of Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.