Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and also Argentina where there is a group in Sarmiento, Chubut, Sarmiento that speaks the Pat ...
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; the name of several villages in the Netherlands:
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Hook of Holland
Hook of Holland (, ) is a coastal village in the southwestern corner of Holland, hence the name; ''hoek'' means "corner" and was in use before the word ''wikt:kaap#Dutch, kaap'' – "cape". The English translation using Hook is a false cognate of t ...
(Hoek van Holland), near Rotterdam
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Hoek, Zeeland
Hoek () is a village in the municipality of Terneuzen in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It lies about 22 km south-east of Vlissingen and about 30 km north of Ghent in Belgium.
History
Hoek is a dike village which developed at a locatio ...
Hoek (surname) Hoek is a Dutch surname. It may have a patronymic origin, as ''Hoek'' was a West Frisian form of the name Hugo. It can also be a shortened form of names like Van den Hoek ("from the corner").Van den Hoek (disambiguation), Dutch surname
Other
* Hoek Glacier, Antarctic glacier