Kraggenburg

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Kraggenburg in 1950. Named after a former emergency harbour constructed in 1847, the name of which derives from a compound of dialectal krag (“floating peat, clump of reeds”) and burg (“manor”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkrɑ.ɣə(n)ˌbʏrx/
Hyphenation: Krag‧gen‧burg

Proper noun

Kraggenburg n

A village in Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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