Moordrecht

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Dutch[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

First attested as mordreth in 1250. Compound of a variant of Middle Dutch moer (“peat bog, fenland”) and -drecht (“ferry, watercourse”).

Pronunciation[edit]

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  • Hyphenation: Moor‧drecht

Proper noun[edit]

Moordrecht n

  1. A village and former municipality of Zuidplas, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

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References[edit]

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