Wiktionary

Berkenrode

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as berckenrode in 1284. Compound of Middle Dutch berk (“birch, Betula sp.”) and rode (“land cleared of trees”).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Ber‧ken‧ro‧de

Proper noun edit

Berkenrode n

  1. A neighbourhood and former municipality of Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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