Wildervanksterdallen
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Wildevankster Daaln in 1929. Compound of the toponym Wildervank and the plural form of dal, used here in a dialectal sense to refer to reclaimed peat bogs which have not yet been put to agricultural use.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌʋɪl.dərˌvɑŋk.stərˈdɑ.lə(n)/
- Hyphenation: Wil‧der‧vank‧ster‧dal‧len
- Rhymes: -ɑlən
Proper noun
Wildervanksterdallen n
- A hamlet in Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN