Urk

See also: urk

English

Proper noun

Urk

1. A village in Flevoland, Netherlands.
2. A municipality of Flevoland, Netherlands.

Anagrams

• Kru, Kur, Ukr., rUK

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as urch in 966. Etymology uncertain. A proposed derivation from *urd-k ("little island") is impossible. A proposed link between Urk and the Orkney Islands is implausible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʏrk/

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• Hyphenation: Urk
• Rhymes: -ʏrk

Proper noun

Urk n

1. Urk (a village, municipality, and former island in Flevoland, Netherlands)

Usage notes

Urk was an island until the late 1930s. It is generally preferred, especially by people from Urk, to say op Urk (“on Urk”) instead of in Urk (“in Urk”) as if it were still an island.

Derived terms

• Urker
• Urks

References

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