Biestraat
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as biestraten in 1297. Derived from a dialectal variant of bij (“bee, Apis sp.”) and straat (“street, road”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbi.straːt/
- Hyphenation: Bie‧straat
Proper noun
Biestraat n
- A hamlet in Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN