Kivitsbraak
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested as Kievitsbraak in 1899. Compound of either kievit (“northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus”) or Kievits (“a surname”) and braak (“land that has been intensively ploughed, heath converted into farmland”).
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Proper noun[edit]
Kivitsbraak n
- A hamlet in Gemert-Bakel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
References[edit]
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN