Voorburg
English
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Proper noun
[edit]Voorburg
- A town in Leidschendam-Voorburg municipality, South Holland, Netherlands.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- (Zuid-Holland) First attested as foreburg in 918-948. Compound of the hydronym Fore and Old Dutch burg (“fortified settlement, castle”). Compare Veur and Voorschoten.
- (Noord-Brabant) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Voorburg n
- A town and former municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg, South Holland, Netherlands, to the north of The Hague
- A neighbourhood of Vught, North Brabant, Netherlands
Derived terms
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Towns in South Holland, Netherlands
- en:Towns in the Netherlands
- en:Places in South Holland, Netherlands
- en:Places in the Netherlands
- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Towns in South Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Towns in the Netherlands
- nl:Historical political subdivisions
- nl:Places in South Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands
- nl:Neighbourhoods in North Brabant, Netherlands
- nl:Places in North Brabant, Netherlands