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Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en nl Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht.
Proper noun
1
en town/and/municipality p/South Holland c/Netherlands.
Dutch
nl:
Etymology
First attested as henrick iden ambocht in 1340. Compound of the name of Hendrik Ye Wittenzoon and nl dum ambacht type of fiefdom. Wittenzoon was the scion of a banking family which financed the land reclamation projects the current village stands on; he received the fiefdom in 1376.
Pronunciation
nl Nl-Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht.ogg
nl Hen drik- Ido- Am bacht
Proper noun
n
nl town/and/municipality p/South Holland c/Netherlands
nl Ambacht
Derived terms
nl Ambacht Ambachter Ambachts
References
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