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Cruquius
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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as CRUQUIUS (DE) in 1851. Named after the steam-powered pumphouse De Cruquius that was used to drain the Haarlemmermeer, which in turn was named after Nicolaas Cruquius Nicholaas Samuelszoon Cruquius. Cruquius had latinised his surname nl Kruik.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈkry.ki.ʏs/
nl Cru qui us
Proper noun
n
nl village mun/Haarlemmermeer p/North Holland c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Cruquius-Oost
References
cruquius
nl eponyms
Latin
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Etymology
la Cruquius :af nl:Cruucke<bor> -ius + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cruquius<2>
la New Latin la Dutch — famously held by:
Jacobus Cruquius (~1520 - 1584), Dutch Flemish humanist, philologist, and scholar.
Declension
Cruquius<2>