Oerle
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Veldhoven) Oewrs (dialect form)
Etymology edit
- (Veldhoven) First attested as oerle in 1249. Compound of Old Dutch or (“sand mixed with gravel”) and lo (“light forest”). Compare Oirschot and Olen.
- (Tilburg) First attested as een stede gheheyten oerle in 1418. Compound of Old Dutch or (“sand mixed with gravel”) and lo (“light forest”). Compare Oirschot and Olen.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Oerle n
- A village and former municipality of Veldhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- A neighbourhood of Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- Oreye, a town in Belgium.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN