Schiebroek

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as scieboec in 1400. Compound of the hydronym Schie and Middle Dutch bruec (“marsh, marshland”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Schie‧broek

Proper noun

Schiebroek n

  1. A neighbourhood and former municipality of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms
  • Schiebroeker
  • Schiebroeks

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