Adegeest

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Noort-Hofflants off Adegeester polder in 1647. Potentially a compound of a personal name or the hydronym Ade (derived from a hypercorrection of aa (“water, river”)) and geest (“elevated sandy land”). Named after a former manor.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ade‧geest

Proper noun

Adegeest n

1. A neighbourhood of Voorschoten, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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