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Attested as de Voorkoop in 1830-1855. Perhaps derived from voorkoop (“preemption”).
Voorkoop n
- A neighborhood of Culemborg, Gelderland, Netherlands
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “voorkoop”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN