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
- A hamlet in Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Ridderveld
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “ridderbuurt”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN