Holendrecht

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as helendrecht in 1328. Compound of Middle Dutch hol (“low-lying, deep, swampy”) and -drecht (“ferry, watercourse”). Named after a river.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: Ho‧len‧drecht

Proper noun

Holendrecht n

1. A neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “holendrecht”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN