Barnegaten

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Barnjegat in 1781. Compound of a dialectal form of branden (“burn”) and the plural form of gat (“kolk lake, hole in a levee”). The toponym refers to two restored levees along the Reitdiep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑr.nəˌɣaː.tə(n)/
• Hyphenation: Bar‧ne‧ga‧ten

Proper noun

Barnegaten n

1. A hamlet in Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands.

References

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