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Rozenburg
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Dutch
Etymology
(Zuid-Holland) Attested as Roosenburg in 1636. Compound of the plural form of nl roos rose and nl burg fortified settlement, castle.
(Noord-Holland) Attested as Rozenburg in 1936. Potentially a compound of the plural form of nl roos rose and nl burg castle, manor, here as a reference to rose cultivation around the settlement. Alternatively, the settlement may have been named after Squire Rutgers van Rozenburg, a manager of the local water board.
Pronunciation
nl Nl-Rozenburg.ogg
nl Ro zen burg
Proper noun
n
nl village/former island/and/former municipality mun/Rotterdam p/South Holland c/Netherlands
nl Smokenburg<qq:Carnival nickname>
nl hamlet mun/Haarlemmermeer p/North Holland c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Rozenburger
nl Rozenburgs
References
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