Spijkerboor

Dutch

Etymology

• (Drenthe) First attested as de Spykerboor in 1792. Derived from spijkerboor (“brace”). The toponym probably references a curved stream or road. Compare Zwingelspaan. See also Dutch Low Saxon Spiekerboor.
• (Noord-Holland) First attested as Spykerboors gat in 1575. Derived from spijkerboor (“brace”). Originally a hydronym referring to a watercourse that was shaped roughly like a brace.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌspɛi̯.kərˈboːr/ (Drenthe)
• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛi̯.kərˌboːr/ (Noord-Holland)
• Hyphenation: Spij‧ker‧boor
• Rhymes: -oːr

Proper noun

Spijkerboor n

1. A village in Aa en Hunze, Drenthe, Netherlands.
2. A hamlet in Wormerland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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