Wissenkerke

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as wiscenkerke in 1230. Compound of Middle Dutch Wisce (a personal name) and kerk (“church”).

See also Zealandic Wissekaerke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌʋɪ.sə(n)ˈkɛr.kə/
  • Hyphenation: Wis‧sen‧ker‧ke
  • Rhymes: -ɛrkə

Proper noun

Wissenkerke n

  1. a village and former municipality of Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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