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Ouwerkerk.

a village and former municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Netherlands

9 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

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name/ˈɑu̯.ərˌkɛrk/
  1. a village and former municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Netherlands

  2. a surname

Where this word comes from

First attested as ecclesias in Selandia, videlicet in Duuelant Antiquam et Novam in 1233. Compound of an inflected form of oud (“old”) and kerk (“church”). So named to distinguish the settlement from Nieuwerkerk. See also Zealandic Ouwerkaarke. The surname derives from the toponym.

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