Groenekan
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as De Groene Kan in 1607. Compound of groen (“green”) and kan (“jug”). Named after a former inn which used a green jug as an ersatz sign.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Groe‧ne‧kan
Proper noun
Groenekan n
- A village in De Bilt, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Groenekanner
- Groenekans
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “groenekan”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN