Tarthorst
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested as Tarthorst in 1848. Compound of tarten (“taunt, defy”) and horst (“overgrown elevated place”). Named after a former castle that was allegedly given its name as a response to the construction of a castle named De Horst by the Bishopric of Utrecht in neighbouring Rhenen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tarthorst n
- A neighborhood of Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands