Etymology

Muizenberg

Mui·zen·berg
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Today it means: A former coastal town in the Western Cape, South Africa; now a neighbourhood of Cape Town. Full definition →

Dutch Muizenberg
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  1. Dutch · borrowed fromMuizenberg
  2. English todayMuizenberg

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Muizenberg (literally “Mouse Hill”), first attested in Middle Dutch as the name of an area in Breda.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.