Grijpskerke

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as gripeskirca in 1181-1210. Compound of Old Dutch Gripe (a personal name) and kirca (“church”).

See also Zealandic Grieps, Hrieps.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣrɛi̯psˌkɛr.kə/
  • Hyphenation: Grijps‧ker‧ke

Proper noun

Grijpskerke n

  1. a village and former municipality of Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “grijpskerke”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.