Groot-Abeele

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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.

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

Groot-Abeele n

A hamlet in Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.

References edit

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