Bankenstraat

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as De Banken in 1866. Compound of the plural form of bank (“area of peat bog that has been separated into parallel strips of land”) and straat (“street, road”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑŋ.kə(n)ˌstraːt/
Hyphenation: Ban‧ken‧straat

Proper noun edit

Bankenstraat n

A hamlet in Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

References edit

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