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stabij

Pronunciation: /staːˈbɛi̯/

“stabij” is a Dutch word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. a long-haired breed of dog originating from Friesland, historically used as retriever, pointer, hound, watchdog and cart-dog

Etymology

Borrowed from West Frisian stabij. There are some attestations of Staby as a proper noun used of dogs in Dutch texts from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, perhaps as a given name for a dog.

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