Exloërkijl

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Exloërkijl in 1913. Compound of the toponym Exloo and kijl (“deeper part of a ditch draining a turf extraction area”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌɛksˌloː.ərˈkɛi̯l/
  • Hyphenation: Exloer‧kijl
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯l

Proper noun

Exloërkijl n

  1. A hamlet in Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands.

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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