Augustapolder

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Augusta Pder in 1838-1857. Compound of Augusta (a personal name) and polder (“polder”). Named after Elisabeth Maria Aloysa Augusta of the Pfalz (1721-1794), the wife of then-Marquis of Bergen op Zoom, Charles Theodore of Sulzbach (1729-1795).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑu̯ˈɣʏs.taːˌpɔl.dər/
Hyphenation: Au‧gus‧ta‧pol‧der

Proper noun

Augustapolder n

A neighbourhood of Bergen op Zoom, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN