Hunnerberg

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Het Valkhof op den Hoenderberg in 1725. Etymology uncertain. Proposed derivations from Latin hunaria (“court of a hundred”), Old Dutch hunderi (“hundred, shire”) or hun (“giant”) are all dubious due to a paucity of old attestations. Compare Huinen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɦʏ.nərˌbɛrx/
  • Hyphenation: Hun‧ner‧berg
  • Rhymes: -ɛrx

Proper noun

Hunnerberg n

  1. A neighborhood of Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands.

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “hunnerberg”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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