Elkerzee

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as aqua que dicitur Hildcheres he in 1156. Compound of Old Dutch Hildcher (a personal name) and a (“watercourse, river”). Compare Zierikzee.

See also Zealandic Elkerzeê.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛl.kərˌzeː/
  • Hyphenation: El‧ker‧zee

Proper noun

Elkerzee n

  1. a hamlet and former municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Netherlands

References

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