Soest

Borrowed from German and Dutch Soest respectively.

Soest

1. A town and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
2. A town and municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands.

First attested as soys and zoys in 1028. Etymology uncertain. One hypothesis proposes a derivation from a hydronym cognate to suizen (“swish, murmer”).

May be the same as Súsat (also spelled as Susa and Susakk), the capital of Attila mentioned in Thidrek’s saga written around 1250 (Attila, according to it, was originally from Frisia, a region close to Soest).

• IPA^(key): /sust/, [sust]

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• Hyphenation: Soest
• Rhymes: -ust

Soest

1. a town and municipality of Utrecht, the Netherlands

   Meronyms: De Birkt, Hees, Melm, Pijnenburg, Soestdijk, Soestduinen, Soesterberg, Wieksloot

Borrowed from German Soest.

Soest n

1. a town and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “soest”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

• Soest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Middle Low German Sôest. The -e- indicates vowel length (as e.g. in Coesfeld, Oer).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /zoːst/

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Soest n (proper noun, genitive Soests or (optionally with an article) Soest)

1. a town and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

• Soester

Borrowed from Dutch Soest.

• IPA^(key): /suːst/ (or like the German town above)

Soest n (proper noun, genitive Soests or (optionally with an article) Soest)

1. a municipality and town in the Province of Utrecht, Netherlands