Bekenes

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as bekenesse in 1363. Compound of an unclear first element and Middle Dutch nesse (“headland, spit”). The first element may be Beke (“a personal name”) or a hydronym derived from beke (“brook, stream”), which would be a rarity for the polders west of Utrecht.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Be‧ke‧nes

Proper noun edit

Bekenes n

A hamlet in Woerden, Utrecht, Netherlands.

References edit

van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “bekenes”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN