Moerkapelle

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as de Cappelle staende in de Wilderveenen onder Sevenhuysen in 1570. Compound of moer (“peat bog, fenland”) and kapel (“chapel”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Moer‧ka‧pel‧le

Proper noun

Moerkapelle n

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

Derived terms

• Moerkapellenaar
• Moerkapeller
• Zevenhuizen-Moerkapelle

References

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