Voordeldonk

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Voordeldonk in 1740. Compound of dialectal voordel (“end of a plot of farmland”) and donk (“sandy hill protruding above a swamp”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvoːr.dəlˌdɔŋk/
  • Hyphenation: Voor‧del‧donk

Proper noun

Voordeldonk n

  1. A hamlet in Asten, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

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