Bikkersvaart

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Bickers Vaert in 1692. Compound of Bicker (a surname) and vaart (“canal”). Named after a nearby watercourse named in turn after Andries Bicker, merchant and mayor of Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Bik‧kers‧vaart

Proper noun

Bikkersvaart n

  1. a neighbourhood of Bunschoten, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “bikkersvaart”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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