Margraten
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Sente Marien Rod in 1284. Derived from a compound of the name of the St. Maria ad Gradus monastery near Cologne and rode (“land cleared of trees”).
See also Limburgish Mergraote.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑrˌɣraː.tə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Mar‧gra‧ten
Proper noun
Margraten n
- A village and former municipality of Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Margratenaar
- Margratens
- Eijsden-Margraten
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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