Kerkenbos

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as in het Kerkenbosch te Woezik in 1892. Compound of kerk (“church”) and bos (“rising forest”). Originally the name of a field. The element kerk refers here to ecclesiastical ownership of the land.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛr.kə(n)ˌbɔs/
  • Hyphenation: Ker‧ken‧bos
  • Homophone: Kerckebosch

Proper noun

Kerkenbos n

  1. A neighborhood of Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands.

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