Bottendaal

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Bottendaal in 1846. Compound of the plural form of bot (“bone”) and a stretched variant of dal (“valley, vale”). Named after a section of the city's fortifications.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.tə(n)ˌdaːl/
• Hyphenation: Bot‧ten‧daal

Proper noun

Bottendaal n

1. A neighborhood of Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

References

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