Etymology

Flatbush

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Today it means: A large neighborhood in central Brooklyn, New York, New York that was the site of Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Full definition →

Middle Dutch vlacke
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The story

  1. Middle Dutch · derived fromvlacke“flat”
  2. English todayFlatbush

From Middle Dutch vlacke (“flat”) bos (“woods”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Dutchvlacke all →

floss

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