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Augustapolder
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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Augusta Pder in 1838-1857. Compound of nl Augusta a personal name and nl polder polder. Named after Elisabeth Maria Aloysa Augusta of the Pfalz (1721-1794), the wife of then-Marquis of Bergen op Zoom, Charles Theodore of Sulzbach (1729-1795).
Pronunciation
nl /ɑu̯ˈɣʏs.taːˌpɔl.dər/
nl Au gus ta pol der
Proper noun
n
nl neighbourhood city/Bergen op Zoom p/North Brabant c/Netherlands
References
nl eponyms