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Buitenpost.

a village and former municipality of Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands

10 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈbœy̯.tə(n)ˌpɔst//ˌbœy̯.tə(n)ˈpɔst/
  1. a village and former municipality of Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

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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