Eendracht

See also: eendracht

Dutch

Etymology

Named after a watercourse located to the east of Tholen, derived from a compound of Middle Dutch heen (“sea clubrush, Bulboschoenus maritimus”) and -drecht (“ferry, watercourse”). The initial H- was gradually lost, and the hydronym was reinterpreted to eendracht (“concord”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Een‧dracht

Proper noun

Eendracht n

1. A neighbourhood of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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