Hoevenbraak

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as op Hoevenbraecke in 1693. Compound of the plural form of hoeve (“piece of land of a certain size, farmstead”) and braak (“intensively ploughed land, heath converted to farmland”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɦu.və(n)ˌbraːk/
  • Hyphenation: Hoe‧ven‧braak

Proper noun

Hoevenbraak n

  1. A neighbourhood of Meierijstad, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

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