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Fort

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See also: fort, fört, fořt, for't, and fort-

English

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Proper noun

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Fort

  1. A surname.
  2. A district of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From fort (fort, fortress). As a district of Colombo, from serving as the site of the Dutch East India Company's Fort Colombo. As a Dutch village, originally the name of a farm first attested as Het Fort in 1851–1855.

See also Dutch Low Saxon Fört.

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Proper noun

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Fort n

  1. a village in De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands
  2. a district of Colombo, Sri Lanka

References

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

German

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Etymology

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From French fort.

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Noun

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Fort n (strong, genitive Forts, plural Forts)

  1. fort (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)

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Further reading

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  • Fort” in Duden online
  • Fort” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache