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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as abeel in 1370. Compound of groot (“big, great”) and Middle Dutch abeel (“silver poplar, Populus alba”). The element groot was added to distinguish the settlement from Nieuw-Abeele.
See also Zealandic Groôt-Abeêle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɣroːt aːˈbeː.lə/
- Hyphenation: Groot-‧Abee‧le
- Rhymes: -eːlə
Proper noun
Groot-Abeele n
- A hamlet in Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “groot-abeele”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN