Groot-Abeele

== Dutch == === Etymology === First attested as abeel in 1370. Compound of groot (“big, great”) and Middle Dutch abeel (“silver poplar, Populus alba”). The element groot was added to distinguish the settlement from Nieuw-Abeele. See also Zealandic Groôt-Abeêle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɣroːt aːˈbeː.lə/ Hyphenation: Groot-‧Abee‧le Rhymes: -eːlə === Proper noun === Groot-Abeele n a hamlet in Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Groot-abeele”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN