Krommenie

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • Krommenije (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as crommenye in 1276. Derived from the hydronym Krommenie, derived in turn from Middle Dutch crom (“bent”) and a variant of aa (“watercourse, river”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Krom‧me‧nie

Proper noun

Krommenie n

  1. A village and former municipality of Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

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