Het Woud

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as wymnemmerwalt around the end of the 11th century. Derived from Old Dutch walt (“marsh forest, swamp forest”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Het Woud

Proper noun

Het Woud n

  1. a hamlet in Bergen, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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