Keldonk
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Dutch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Kélling (dialect form)
Etymology[edit]
First attested as cheldunc just before 1233. Compound of an unclear first element and donk (“sandy hill protruding above a marsh”). The first element is potentially related to dialectal kel (“small artificial watercourse used to provide water to a watermill”). So named to distinguish the settlement from Boerdonk and Donk in Beek en Donk.
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Proper noun[edit]
Keldonk n
- A village in Meierijstad, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Paplippelland (Carnival nickname)
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References[edit]
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN