Etymology

Lydenburg

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Today it means: A town in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Full definition →

Dutch lijden burg
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromlijden burg“town of suffering”
  2. English todayLydenburg

From Dutch lijden burg (“town of suffering”).

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