Kulert

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as culenvoort in 1439. Compound of kuil (“hole, bowl-shaped depression”) and voorde (“ford, crossing”). Later reinterpreted as dialectal kulert (“Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈky.lərt/
  • Hyphenation: Ku‧lert
  • Rhymes: -ylərt

Proper noun

Kulert n

  1. a hamlet in Deurne, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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