Breede
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as breda in 1300. Either a compound of breed (“broad, wide”) and aa (“watercourse, river”) or a derivation from bree (“elongated piece of land”).
See also Dutch Low Saxon Brijdte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbreː.də/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Bree‧de
- Rhymes: -eːdə
- Homophone: brede
Proper noun
Breede n
- A village in Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN