Urk

== English == === Proper noun === Urk A village in Flevoland, Netherlands. A municipality of Flevoland, Netherlands. === Anagrams === Kru, Kur, Ukr., rUK == Dutch == === Etymology === First attested as urch in 966. Etymology uncertain. A proposed derivation from *urd-k ("little island") is impossible. A proposed link between Urk and the Orkney Islands is implausible. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʏrk/ Hyphenation: Urk Rhymes: -ʏrk === Proper noun === Urk n Urk (a village, municipality, and former island in Flevoland, Netherlands) ==== Usage notes ==== Urk was an island until the late 1930s. It is generally preferred, especially by people from Urk, to say op Urk (“on Urk”) instead of in Urk (“in Urk”) as if it were still an island. ==== Derived terms ==== Urker Urks === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Urk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN