Moordrecht

Dutch

Alternative forms

Moort (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as mordreth in 1250. Compound of a variant of Middle Dutch moer (“peat bog, fenland”) and drecht (“ferry, watercourse”).

Pronunciation

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Hyphenation: Moor‧drecht

Proper noun

Moordrecht n

A village and former municipality of Zuidplas, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

Moordrechter
Moordrechts

References

van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “moordrecht”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

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