Swifterbant

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Etymology[edit]

First attested as suifterbant in 793. Derived from Old Dutch swifter (“left, northern”) and bant (“region, inhabited area”), from Proto-Germanic *bant-, *bantō, *banti (“district, region”), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰonHdeₕ₂-, *bʰonHdos- (“useful, beneficial, good”), from *bʰHdús-.[1]

Originally the name of a forest. The name was later chosen as suitable for one of the planned villages in the Flevopolder.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌsʋɪf.tərˈbɑnt/
  • Hyphenation: Swif‧ter‧bant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Proper noun[edit]

Swifterbant n

  1. A village in Dronten, Flevoland, Netherlands.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Olivier van Renswoude (2016): Brabant en andere banten
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