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, North Holland, Netherlands

Descendants

  • → English: Camperdown

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “camperduin”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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