Camperduin

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as campthorpa in 918-948. Compound of Old Dutch camp (“undeveloped field”) and thorpa (“farmstead, village, secondary settlement”). The second element was gradually replaced by duin (“dune”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Cam‧per‧duin

Proper noun

Camperduin n

  1. A hamlet in Bergen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Descendants
  • → English: Camperdown

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “camperduin”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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