Urk
See also: urk
English edit
Proper noun edit
Urk
- A village in Flevoland, Netherlands.
- A municipality of Flevoland, Netherlands.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Urk n
- Urk (a village, municipality, and former island in Flevoland, Netherlands).
Usage notes edit
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.