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vlek

Pronunciation: /vlɛk/

“vlek” is a Dutch word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. spot, stain, speck
  2. area, region
  3. hamlet
  4. town, large village

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vleck, vlecke (also vlacke), from Old Dutch flec (attested as a byname) and *flekko, from Proto-West Germanic *flekkō, from Proto-Germanic *flekka- (“spot, mark, blemish”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂g-, *pleh₂k- (“to beat, strike”).

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