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Buitenpost

Meaning

a village and former municipality of Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands

Concepts

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbœy̯.tə(n)ˌpɔst/
Etymology

Potentially attested as post in 1388, attested with certainty as uetpost in 1418. Calque of West Frisian Bûtenpost, a compound of Old Frisian buta (“outer, seaward”) and post (“simple bridge, gangboard across a ditch”). The element buiten was added to distinguish the settlement from Lutkepost.

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