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Schapenbout.

a hamlet in Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands

11 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

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name/ˈsxaː.pə(n)ˌbɑu̯t/
  1. a hamlet in Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands

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Attested as Schapenbout in 1840. Compound of the plural form of schaap (“sheep”) and dialectal bout (“remaining section of a collapsed or destroyed levee”). Named for the fact that the inhabitants of the settlement took their sheep to pasture on the remains of the levee. See also Zealandic Schaopenbout.

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