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Doorning.

a hamlet in Maasdriel, Gelderland, Netherlands

8 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈdoːr.nɪŋ/
  1. a hamlet in Maasdriel, Gelderland, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

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.

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