Blokhuiswetering

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of Blokhuis (a surname) and wetering (“drainage channel”). Named after a nearby watercourse named in turn after a local family.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Blok‧huis‧we‧te‧ring

Proper noun

Blokhuiswetering n

1. A neighbourhood of Bunschoten, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

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