Biest

See also: biest

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Biest in 1838-1857. Derived from bies (“rush, Scirpus sp.”) with collectivising suffix -t. The toponym may also refer to the practice of using relatively open locations covered with rushes as meeting places and village squares.

See also Limburgish Beest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bist/

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• Hyphenation: Biest
• Rhymes: -ist
• Homophone: biest

Proper noun

Biest n

1. a neighbourhood of Weert, Limburg, Netherlands

References

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