Pendrecht

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Dutch

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Etymology

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First attested as pahindrecht and pagindrecht in 1114-1127. Compound of a personal name, a hydronym, or an inflected form of Middle Dutch page (horse) and -drecht (ferry, watercourse). The name originally referred to a village which was destroyed by the sea in 1421.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Pen‧drecht

Proper noun

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Pendrecht n

  1. A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

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References

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