Oostknollendam

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Knollendam in 1529. Compound of oost (“east-, eastern”), the plural form of knol (“extremity of a levee”) and dam (“dam”). The element oost was added to distinguish the village from Westknollendam.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Oost‧knol‧len‧dam

Proper noun

Oostknollendam n

  1. A village in Wormerland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

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