Bankras

== Dutch == === Etymology === First attested as banckenmeer in 1399. Named after the former Bankrasmeer lake, a compound of the name of Saint Pancras and Middle Dutch meere (“pool, lake”). The lake may have been part of a parish dedicated to the saint. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Ban‧kras === Proper noun === Bankras n a neighbourhood of Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Bankras”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN