De Kiel
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Kiel (De) in 1899. Derived from kiel (“deeper part of a ditch draining a turf extraction area”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də ˈkil/
- Hyphenation: De Kiel
- Rhymes: -il
Proper noun
De Kiel n
- A village in Coevorden, Drenthe, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN