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, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

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