Augustapolder
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested as Augusta Pder in 1838-1857. Compound of Augusta (“a personal name”) and polder (“polder”). Named after Elisabeth Maria Aloysa Augusta of the Pfalz (1721-1794), the wife of then-Marquis of Bergen op Zoom, Charles Theodore of Sulzbach (1729-1795).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Augustapolder n
- A neighbourhood of Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
References
[edit]- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN