Heemskerk

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Heemskerk.

Proper noun

Heemskerk

  1. A village and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as heimethenkiricha and heimezenkyrke in the first half of the 11th century. Compound of Old Dutch Hemezo (a personal name) or Heimezo and kirika (“church”).

The surname derives from the toponym.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦeːmsˈkɛrk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Heems‧kerk

Proper noun

Heemskerk n

  1. a village and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands
    Synonym: Ezelenheem (Carnival nickname)
    Meronyms: Heemskerkerduin, Noorddorp
  2. a surname

Derived terms

References

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