Spruit

Spruit

Spruit (holländ., spr. ßpreut), in zusammengesetzten südafrikanischen Ortsnamen oft vorkommend, bedeutet »Bach, kleiner Fluß«.


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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