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Langbroek
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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as nederlanghbroech in 1337. Compound of nl dum lanc long and dum broec marsh, marshland. The toponym was initially prefixed with nl neder lower, downstream. The element gradually disappeared, however, as the village outgrew nl Overlangbroek.
Pronunciation
nl Lang broek
Proper noun
n
nl village/and/former municipality mun/Wijk bij Duurstede p/Utrecht c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Langbroeker
nl Langbroeks
References
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