Walcheren

Walcheren

1. A former island in Zeeland province, Netherlands.

First attested as walichrum around 790. From Old Dutch walacheri, a compound of *walc (“moist, humid”) + *heri (“sandy ridge”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑl.xə.rə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: Wal‧che‧ren

Walcheren n

1. A peninsula and former island in Zeeland, The Netherlands, to the west of Zuid-Beveland, to the south of Noord-Beveland and to the north of Zeelandic Flanders