Ridderbuurt

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Ridderbuurt in 1714. Compound of ridder (“knight”) and buurt (“hamlet”). The toponym may refer to a group of knights who lived near the current hamlet. Alternatively, the name may have been given to mock the inhabitants.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Rid‧der‧buurt

Proper noun

Ridderbuurt n

1. A hamlet in Alphen aan den Rijn, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Ridderveld

References

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