Nootdorp

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as noitdorper wech in 1280-1287. Etymology uncertain. Potentially a compound of Middle Dutch noot (“cattle”) or Old Dutch Nantho (“a personal name”) and Middle Dutch dorp (“farmstead, village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Noot‧dorp

Proper noun

Nootdorp n

A village and former municipality of Pijnacker-Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

Nootdorper
Nootdorps
Pijnacker-Nootdorp

References

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

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