Betuwe.
an area of Gelderland, the Netherlands
Meaning & usage
an area of Gelderland, the Netherlands
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch *Betuwe, from Old Dutch *Batouwa, *Betuwa, from Proto-West Germanic *Batauwju, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō. Doublet of Batavia. Both elements underlying this compound are obsolete in their basic forms, but survive otherwise: * The element bet- (from Proto-Germanic *bataz (“good”)) represents the positive adjective underlying the comparative beter (“better”); * The element -uwe (from *awjō (“island, floodplain, meadow”)) survives in the common toponym Ooij and in landouw. Tacitus mentioned an insula Batavorum (“island of the Batavi”), a Germanic tribe known to have lived in the area and whose name is likely related.
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