Mekkelholt

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as mekelholt in 1330. Compound of Middle Dutch mikkel (“great, big”) and holt (“rising deciduous forest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.kəlˌɦɔlt/
• Hyphenation: Mek‧kel‧holt
• Rhymes: -ɔlt

Proper noun

Mekkelholt n

1. A neighbourhood of Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands

References

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