Bankenstraat

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as De Banken in 1866. Compound of the plural form of bank (“area of peat bog that has been separated into parallel strips of land”) and straat (“street, road”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑŋ.kə(n)ˌstraːt/
  • Hyphenation: Ban‧ken‧straat

Proper noun

Bankenstraat n

  1. A hamlet in Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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