Papendrecht

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as papendreht in 1105. Compound of Old Dutch Papo (“a personal name”) or pape (“cleric”) and dreht (“ferry, watercourse”). Compare Barendrecht, Duivendrecht and Woensdrecht.

Pronunciation
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  • Hyphenation: Pa‧pen‧drecht

Proper noun

Papendrecht n

  1. A town and municipality of Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
    Meronyms: Matena, Oosteind

Derived terms
  • Papendrechter
  • Papendrechts

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “papendrecht”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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