Pieterburen
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as sancti Petri in 1371. Compound of the name of Saint Peter and the plural form of buur (“house, cottage”). The settlement was named after the patron saint of the parish church.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpi.tərˈbyː.rə(n)/
- Hyphenation: Pie‧ter‧bu‧ren
- Rhymes: -yːrən
Proper noun
Pieterburen n
- A village in Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN