Oerle
Dutch
Alternative forms
- (Veldhoven) Oewrs (dialect form)
Etymology
- (Veldhoven) First attested as oerle in 1249. Compound of Old Dutch or (“sand mixed with gravel”) and lo (“light forest”). Compare Oirschot and Olen.
- (Tilburg) First attested as een stede gheheyten oerle in 1418. Compound of Old Dutch or (“sand mixed with gravel”) and lo (“light forest”). Compare Oirschot and Olen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuːr.lə/
- Hyphenation: Oer‧le
Proper noun
Oerle n
- A village and former municipality of Veldhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- A neighbourhood of Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- Oreye, a town in Belgium.
Derived terms
- Oerlenaar
- Oerles
- Zandoerle
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN