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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Doorning in 1936. Likely a compound of doorn (“thorn, thorn bush”) and eng (“agricultural land belonging to a village”). A derivation from Old Dutch thorn (“thorn, thorn bush”) with collectivising suffix -ingô- is less likely. Originally the name of a large section of farmland.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdoːr.nɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: Door‧ning
Proper noun
Doorning n
- A hamlet in Maasdriel, Gelderland, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN