Bruine Eng

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Bruinen Ing in 1839-1859. Compound of bruin (“brown”) or De Bruin (“a surname”) and eng (“farmland next to a village”). The area may have been named after a local landowning family.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Brui‧ne Eng

Proper noun

Bruine Eng n

1. A neighbourhood of Rhenen, Utrecht, Netherlands.

References

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