Bredevoort

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as breideruord in 1188. Compound of breed (“broad”) and voort (“ford”).

See also Dutch Low Saxon Breevoort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbreː.dəˌvoːrt/
• Hyphenation: Bre‧de‧voort

Proper noun

Bredevoort n

1. A city and former municipality of Aalten, Gelderland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Bredevoorter
• Bredevoorts

References

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