Doeskwartier
Dutch
Etymology
Attested as Doess in 1573. Compound of the name of a castle (derived in turn from the hydronym Does) and kwartier (“quarter, neighbourhood”). The hydronym likely derives from does (“mossy bog, overgrown peat bog or swamp, light turf”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Does‧kwar‧tier
Proper noun
Doeskwartier n
- A neighbourhood of Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “doeskwartier”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN