Urk

Etymology
First attested as urch in 966. Etymology. A proposed derivation from *urd-k ("little island") is impossible. A proposed link between Urk and the is implausible.

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.