Het Korfwater

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Land genaamd het Korfwater in 1839-1859. Originally a hydronym, derived in turn from a compound of korf (“eel basket”) and water (“watercourse”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Het Korf‧wa‧ter

Proper noun

Het Korfwater n

  1. a hamlet in Schagen, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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