Wiktionary

Wielewaal

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

  • (Noord-Brabant) Derived from wielewaal (“golden oriole, Oriolus oriolus”). Named after a former estate.
  • (Zuid-Holland) Compound of the hydronyms Wiel and Waal, both derived from wiel (“kolk lake”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋi.ləˌʋaːl/
  • Hyphenation: Wie‧le‧waal

Proper noun edit

Wielewaal n

  1. A neighbourhood of Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
  2. A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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