Urk

Urk

1. A village in Flevoland, Netherlands.
2. A municipality of Flevoland, Netherlands.

• Kru, Kur, Ukr., rUK

First attested as urch in 966. Etymology uncertain. A proposed derivation from *urd-k ("little island") is impossible. A proposed link between Urk and the Orkney Islands is implausible.

• IPA^(key): /ʏrk/

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• Hyphenation: Urk
• Rhymes: -ʏrk

Urk n

1. Urk (a village, municipality, and former island in Flevoland, Netherlands).

Urk was an island until the late 1930s. It is generally preferred, especially by people from Urk, to say op Urk (“on Urk”) instead of in Urk (“in Urk”) as if it were still an island.

• Urker
• Urks

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