Bernheze

Dutch

Etymology

Derived from a compound of Middle Dutch bern (“source, spring”) and hees (“brushwood”). Originally the name of a hamlet. The hamlet was gifted to the monks of the abbey of Bern near Zaltbommel in 1196. An abbey of the same name would later be founded in Heeswijk-Dinter in 1857.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Bern‧he‧ze

Proper noun

Bernheze n

  1. A municipality of Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
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