Walcheren
English
editProper noun
editWalcheren
- A former island in Zeeland province, Netherlands.
Dutch
editEtymology
editFirst attested as walichrum around 790. From Old Dutch walacheri, a compound of *walc (“moist, humid”) + *heri (“sandy ridge”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editWalcheren 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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