Papendrecht

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as papendreht in 1105. Compound of Old Dutch Papo (a personal name) or pape (“cleric”) and dreht (“ferry, watercourse”) (see -drecht). Compare Barendrecht, Duivendrecht and Woensdrecht.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: Pa‧pen‧drecht

Proper noun

Papendrecht n

1. A town and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands

   Meronyms: Matena, Oosteind

Derived terms

• Papendrechter
• Papendrechts

References

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