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Arkens.

a hamlet in Waadhoeke, Friesland, Netherlands

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈɑr.kəns/
  1. a hamlet in Waadhoeke, Friesland, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

First attested as erdenze [read: erckenze] in 1433. Derived from a compound of Old Frisian Arke (a personal name) suffixed with -ingi-. The Dutch form of the toponym was borrowed from an earlier version of the Frisian name.

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