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Nieuwerkerk
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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as ecclesias in Selandia, videlicet in Duuelant Antiquam et Novam in 1233. Compound of an inflected form of nl nieuw new and nl kerk church. So named to distinguish the settlement from nl Ouwerkerk.
See also zea Nieuwerkaarke.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈniu̯.ərˌkɛrk/
nl Nieuw er kerk
Proper noun
n
nl village/and/former municipality mun/Schouwen-Duiveland p/Zeeland c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Nieuwerkerkenaar
nl Nieuwerkerks
References
nieuwerkerk