Winkelstraat

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Winkelstraat in 1838-1857. Compound of winkel (“corner, enclosed piece of land”) and straat (“thoroughfare, way”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɪŋ.kəlˌstraːt/
  • Hyphenation: Win‧kel‧straat
  • Homophone: winkelstraat

Proper noun

Winkelstraat n

  1. A hamlet in Someren, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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