Gelkenes

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as gelkenisse in 1253. Compound of Middle Dutch Gelicke (“a personal name”) and nisse (“headland, spit”). Compare Gieltjesdorp.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Gel‧ke‧nes

Proper noun edit

Gelkenes n

A hamlet in Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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