Overlangbroek

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as langebruke in 1219. Compound of Middle Dutch overe (“upper, upstream”), lanc (“long”) and broec (“marsh, marshland”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Over‧lang‧broek

Proper noun

Overlangbroek n

  1. a hamlet in Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

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