Bikkersvaart

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Bickers Vaert in 1692. Compound of Bicker (a surname) and vaart (“canal”). Named after a nearby watercourse named in turn after Andries Bicker, merchant and mayor of Amsterdam.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Bik‧kers‧vaart

Proper noun

Bikkersvaart n

1. A neighbourhood of Bunschoten, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “bikkersvaart”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN