Quatre Bras

== Dutch == === Etymology === First attested as Quatre Bras in 1913. Derived from French quatre bras (“crossroads”). Originally the name of a building, which was named as a double reference to its location at a crossroads as well as to Les Quatre Bras near Genappe in Belgium, where William II of Orange repelled a French attack the day before the Battle of Waterloo on June 16 1815. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.trə ˈbrɑs/ Hyphenation: Qua‧tre Bras Rhymes: -ɑs === Proper noun === Quatre Bras n a hamlet in Lochem, Gelderland, Netherlands === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN