Bovenkerk

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested with certainty as Bovenkerkerland in 1755. Compound of boven (“above”) and kerk (“church”), referring to an area located above an unidentified church. Formerly an independent village.

Pronunciation edit

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Hyphenation: Bo‧ven‧kerk

Proper noun edit

Bovenkerk n

A neighbourhood of Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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