Groenekan

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as De Groene Kan in 1607. Compound of groen (“green”) and kan (“jug”). Named after a former inn which used a green jug as an ersatz sign.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Groe‧ne‧kan

Proper noun

Groenekan n

1. A village in De Bilt, Utrecht, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Groenekanner
• Groenekans

References

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