Boerdonk
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Boerring (dialect form)
Etymology
First attested as boerdonc in 1311. Compound of boer (“farmer”) and donk (“sandy hill protruding above a swamp”). So named to distinguish the settlement from the Donk in Beek en Donk and Keldonk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuːr.dɔŋk/
- Hyphenation: Boer‧donk
Proper noun
Boerdonk n
- A village in Meierijstad, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Zandhazenrijk (Carnival nickname)
Derived terms
- Boerdonkenaar
- Boerdonks
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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