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Bijltjesdag
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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of nl Bijltje -s- dag.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈbɛi̯l.tjəsˌdɑx/ [ˈbɛi̯l.cəsˌdɑx]
nl Bijl tjes dag
Proper noun
m
nl historical Netherlands Bijltjesoproer 30 May 1787, the day that Orangist shipwrights rose up against the republican regent elite of Amsterdam and this uprising was bloodily repressed by the ruling elite
Derived terms
nl bijltjesdag
Noun
m -:en -
nl bijltjesdag