Spanbroek

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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First attested as spanbroech in 1290. Likely a compound of Middle Dutch span (foot bridge, narrow, elongated strip of land) and bruec (marsh, marshland).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspɑn.bruk/
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  • Hyphenation: Span‧broek

Proper noun

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Spanbroek n

  1. A village and former municipality of Opmeer, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

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References

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