Walcheren
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Walcheren
- A former island in Zeeland province, Netherlands.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested as walichrum around 790. From Old Dutch walacheri, a compound of *walc (“moist, humid”) + *heri (“sandy ridge”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Walcheren n
- A peninsula and former island in Zeeland, The Netherlands, to the west of Zuid-Beveland, to the south of Noord-Beveland and to the north of Zeelandic Flanders.
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- nl:Peninsulas
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