Bleskensgraaf

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as grauelant in 1255. Compound of a diminutive form of Middle Dutch Blasius (a personal name), and the hydronym Grave.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Bles‧kens‧graaf

Proper noun

Bleskensgraaf n

1. A village and former municipality of Molenlanden, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Bleskensgraaf en Hofwegen

References

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