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Eesterga
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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Eestergae in 1505. Likely derived from a compound of nl ofs ees farmland next to a village or ofs ā watercourse, river and ofs gâ village, village area. The Dutch form of the toponym was borrowed from an earlier variant of the Frisian name. Compare nl Eestrum.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈeːs.tərˌɣaː/
nl Ees ter ga
Proper noun
n
nl village mun/De Fryske Marren p/Friesland c/Netherlands
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