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Šenčur was the scene of the Šenčur Events (Slovene: Šenčurski dogodki) on 22 May 1932. This was a political incident in which members of the banned Slovene People's Party prevented a march by the newly founded Yugoslav Radical Peasants' Democracy , calling out slogans against the 6 January Dictatorship and in support of the United ...
van ( Dutch pronunciation: [vɑn] ⓘ) is a very common prefix in Dutch language surnames, where it is known as a tussenvoegsel. In those cases it nearly always refers to a certain, often quite distant, ancestor's place of origin or residence; for example, Ludwig van Beethoven "from Beethoven" (maybe Bettenhoven) [ 1][better source needed] and ...
Baas – The Boss. Bakker – Baker. Beek, van – From the brook. Beekhof – garden brook. Beenhouwer – Butcher. Berg, van der – From the cliff, mountain. Berkenbosch – birch wood, a grove of birch trees. Bijl, van der – "from the axe" – i.e. descended from woodcutters ( lumberjacks) Boer, de – the Farmer.
It was also a remark aimed at Bishop Godschalk from Den Dungen, where 'Van den Oetelaar' was a common family name. He had wanted to forbid the traditional festivities of Shrove Tuesday that often led to excesses. Oeteldonk is a village and therefore every inhabitant is a farmer or a ' durske ' (a girl or young woman), eliminating class ...
Tussenvoegsel. A tussenvoegsel ( [ˈtʏsə (ɱ)ˌvuxsəl]; lit. 'intersertion, that which is interserted') in a Dutch name is a family name affix positioned between a person's given name and the main part of their family name. [ 1] There are similar concepts in many languages, such as Celtic family name prefixes, French particles, and the ...
Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg ( French: [ʒɑ̃ klod kamij fʁɑ̃swa vɑ̃ vaʁɑ̃bɛʁɡ]; Dutch: [vɑn ˈvarə (n)ˈbɛrx]; born 18 October 1960), known professionally as Jean-Claude Van Damme ( French: [vɑ̃ dam]; Dutch: [vɑn ˈdɑmə] ), is a Belgian martial artist and actor. Born and raised in Brussels, his father ...
Van den vos Reinaerde ( English title: Of Reynaert the Fox) is the Middle Dutch version of the story of Reynard, as written by Willem die Madoc maecte. The poem dates from around 1250. It is considered a major work of Middle Dutch literature and has been called "the pinnacle of Gothic literature in the Netherlands." [ 1]
The Municipality of Šenčur (pronounced [ʃɛnˈtʃuːɾ]; Slovene: Občina Šenčur) is a municipality in Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the settlement of Šenčur . The municipality was established in its current form on 3 October 1994, when the former larger Municipality of Kranj was subdivided into five smaller municipalities. [2]