Blitsaerd

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from West Frisian Blitsaerd, a compound of a term cognate to blinken (“flicker, shine”) and weer (“artificial mound used for habitation”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblɪts.aːrt/
Hyphenation: Blit‧saerd

Proper noun

Blitsaerd n

A neighbourhood of Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands

References

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