Korvel
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as corvele in 1331. Etymology uncertain. Proposed derivations from Latin corbele (“type of wooden beam”), goor (“swamp”) and a compound of korf (“basket”) and lo (“light forest”) do not match well with the oldest attestations of the toponym.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔr.vəl/
- Hyphenation: Kor‧vel
Proper noun
Korvel n
- A neighbourhood of Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN