Blauwkapel
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Den blaucapel in 1575. Compound of blauw (“blue”) and kapel (“chapel”). Named after a chapel with a blue barrel vault.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Blauw‧ka‧pel
Proper noun
Blauwkapel n
- A hamlet in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Voordorp (historical)
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “blauwkapel”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN