Bredevoort
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as breideruord in 1188. Compound of breed (“broad”) and voort (“ford”).
See also Dutch Low Saxon Breevoort.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbreː.dəˌvoːrt/
- Hyphenation: Bre‧de‧voort
Proper noun
Bredevoort n
- A city and former municipality of Aalten, Gelderland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Bredevoorter
- Bredevoorts
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “bredevoort”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN