De Banken

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as BANKEN- (DE) in 1851. Derived from bank (“farmland reclaimed from a peat bog divided along parallel lines”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: De Ban‧ken

Proper noun

De Banken n

  1. A hamlet in Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “de banken”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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