Donk
In the Lower Rhine region and the Netherlands, a donk refers to a flat, sandy hill amid marshland or fen. Such dry elevations provided flood-safe ground for settlements and castles. The term survives as part of many place names.
In the Lower Rhine region and the Netherlands, a donk refers to a flat, sandy hill amid marshland or fen. Such dry elevations provided flood-safe ground for settlements and castles. The term survives as part of many place names.
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