Broerswetering
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Broersweteringe in 1666. Compound of Broers (“a surname”) and wetering (“drainage channel”). Named after a nearby watercourse.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Broers‧we‧te‧ring
Proper noun
Broerswetering n
- A neighbourhood of Bunschoten, Utrecht, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “broerswetering”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN