Biggekerke

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as bigghenkerka in 1231. Compound of Old Dutch Biggo (“a personal name”) (a familiar version of Bighard or Bigwald) and kerk (“church”).

See also Zealandic Bîkerke, Béékerke.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈbɪ.ɣəˌkɛr.kə/
Hyphenation: Big‧ge‧ker‧ke

Proper noun edit

Biggekerke n

A village and former municipality of Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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