Westerbork

Etymology
First attested as burch in 1206. Compound of and either  or. Compare, , , and.

See also 🇨🇬.

Proper noun

 * 1) ; during World War II a transit concentration camp was located nearby, now the site of a World War II memorial and a radio telescope array.

Usage notes
The local pronunciation of the toponym stresses the final syllable. Outside of the village and its direct environs, the toponym is pronounced with stress on the first syllable.