Groot-Abeele

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as abeel in 1370. Compound of groot (“big, great”) and Middle Dutch abeel (“silver poplar, Populus alba”). The element groot was added to distinguish the settlement from Nieuw-Abeele.

See also Zealandic Groôt-Abeêle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɣroːt aːˈbeː.lə/
• Hyphenation: Groot-‧Abee‧le
• Rhymes: -eːlə

Proper noun

Groot-Abeele n

1. A hamlet in Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.

References

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