Kerkenbos

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as in het Kerkenbosch te Woezik in 1892. Compound of kerk (“church”) and bos (“rising forest”). Originally the name of a field. The element kerk refers here to ecclesiastical ownership of the land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛr.kə(n)ˌbɔs/
• Hyphenation: Ker‧ken‧bos
• Homophone: Kerckebosch

Proper noun

Kerkenbos n

1. A neighborhood of Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “kerkenbos”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN