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Quatre Bras
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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Quatre Bras in 1913. Derived from nl fr quatre bras crossroads. Originally the name of a building, which was named as a double reference to its location at a crossroads as well as to Les Quatre Bras near Genappe in Belgium, where William II of Orange repelled a French attack the day before the Battle of Waterloo on June 16 1815.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈkɑ.trə ˈbrɑs/
nl Qua tre Bras
nl ɑs
Proper noun
Quatre Bras n
nl hamlet mun/Lochem p/Gelderland c/Netherlands
References
nl eponyms