Bruine Eng
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Bruinen Ing in 1839-1859. Compound of bruin (“brown”) or De Bruin (“a surname”) and eng (“farmland next to a village”). The area may have been named after a local landowning family.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Brui‧ne Eng
Proper noun
Bruine Eng n
- A neighbourhood of Rhenen, Utrecht, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “bruine eng”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN