Adegeest
Dutch
Etymology
Attested as Noort-Hofflants off Adegeester polder in 1647. Potentially a compound of a personal name or the hydronym Ade (derived from a hypercorrection of aa (“water, river”)) and geest (“elevated sandy land”). Named after a former manor.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Ade‧geest
Proper noun
Adegeest n
- A neighbourhood of Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “adegeest”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN