Quatrebras

== Dutch == === Etymology === First attested as Quatrebras sometime after 1864. Derived from French quatre bras (“crossroads”). Originally the name of an inn, 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 repulsed a French attack the day before the Battle of Waterloo on June 16 1815. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈk(ʋ)ɑt.rəˌbrɑs/ Hyphenation: Qua‧tre‧bras === Proper noun === Quatrebras n a hamlet in Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, Netherlands === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN