Sportdorp

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of sport (“sports”) and dorp (“village, settlement”). The neighbourhood's streets are named after various sports.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Sport‧dorp

Proper noun

Sportdorp n

  1. A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “sportdorp”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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