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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of Belg (“Belgian”) and hoek (“isolated place”). The Belgians who apparently founded the settlement were either refugees who fled north during the First World War or manual labourers who worked on the construction of a nearby canal. Compare Poepershoek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛl.ɣə(n)ˌɦuk/
- Hyphenation: Bel‧gen‧hoek
Proper noun
Belgenhoek n
- A hamlet in Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN