Eesterga

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Eestergae in 1505. Likely derived from a compound of Old Frisian ees (“farmland next to a village”) or ā (“watercourse, river”) and gâ (“village, village area”). The Dutch form of the toponym was borrowed from an earlier variant of the Frisian name. Compare Eestrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːs.tərˌɣaː/
• Hyphenation: Ees‧ter‧ga

Proper noun

Eesterga n

1. A village in De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN