Markenbinnen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as marken in 1395-1396. Compound of the plural form of Middle Dutch marc (“boundary, borderland, undivided communal land”) and binnen (“inland”). The element binnen was added to distinguish the settlement from Marken.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Mar‧ken‧bin‧nen

Proper noun

Markenbinnen n

  1. a village and former municipality of Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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