Urk
See also: urk
English
Proper noun
Urk
- A village in Flevoland, Netherlands.
- A municipality of Flevoland, Netherlands.
Anagrams
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
Proper noun
Urk n
- 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
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Villages in Flevoland, Netherlands
- en:Villages in the Netherlands
- en:Places in Flevoland, Netherlands
- en:Places in the Netherlands
- en:Municipalities of Flevoland, Netherlands
- en:Municipalities of the Netherlands
- Dutch terms with unknown etymologies
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ʏrk
- Rhymes:Dutch/ʏrk/1 syllable
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Villages in Flevoland, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Municipalities of Flevoland, Netherlands
- nl:Municipalities of the Netherlands
- nl:Islands
- nl:Places in Flevoland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands