Biggekerke

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as bigghenkerka in 1231. Compound of Old Dutch Biggo (“a personal name”) (a familiar version of Bighard or Bigwald) and kerk (“church”).

See also Zealandic Bîkerke, Béékerke.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪ.ɣəˌkɛr.kə/
  • Hyphenation: Big‧ge‧ker‧ke

Proper noun

Biggekerke n

  1. A village and former municipality of Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands.

Derived terms
  • Biggekerkenaar
  • Biggekerks

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