Markenbinnen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as marken in 1395-1396. Compound of the plural form of Middle Dutch marc (“boundary, borderland, undivided communal land”) and binnen (“inland”). The element binnen was added to distinguish the settlement from Marken.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Mar‧ken‧bin‧nen

Proper noun

Markenbinnen n

1. A village and former municipality of Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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