Gelkenes
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as gelkenisse in 1253. Compound of Middle Dutch Gelicke (“a personal name”) and nisse (“headland, spit”). Compare Gieltjesdorp.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Gel‧ke‧nes
Proper noun
Gelkenes n
- A hamlet in Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “gelkenes”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN