Dutch

edit

Etymology

edit

First attested in 1840 as Brink-Heurne. Compound of brink (pasture, village green) and heurne, a dialectal variant of hoorn (jutting piece of land).

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /ˌbrɪŋkˈɦøːr.nə/
  • Hyphenation: Brink‧heur‧ne
  • Rhymes: -øːrnə

Proper noun

edit

Brinkheurne n

  1. A hamlet in Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands

Derived terms

edit

References

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