Rijkevoort-De Walsert

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as op de Walschot in 1721. Compound of the toponym Rijkevoort and a compound toponym derived from wal (“wall, levee”) and either schoot (“area of land that juts upward”) or schot (“enclosed area, fenced-in land”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛi̯.kəˌvoːrt də ˈʋɑl.sərt/
  • Hyphenation: Rij‧ke‧voort-‧De Wal‧sert
  • Rhymes: -ɑlsərt

Proper noun

Rijkevoort-De Walsert n

  1. A hamlet in Land van Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

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