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

  1. a hamlet in Alphen aan den Rijn, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “ridderbuurt”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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