Kampen

Kampen

2. A municipality and seaside resort village on the island of Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
4. A Hanseatic city and municipality of Overijssel, Netherlands.
6. A hamlet in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands.
8. A hamlet in Hulst, Zeeland, Netherlands.

• (Overijssel) First attested as in campis in 1217. Derived from the dative plural form of kamp (“enclosed piece of land”).
• (Friesland) First attested as kam in 1486. Calque of West Frisian De Kampen, derived from the plural form of Old Frisian kamp (“enclosed piece of land”).
• (Zeeland) Attested as Kampen in 1747. Derived from the dative plural form of kamp (“enclosed piece of land”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑm.pə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: Kam‧pen
• Rhymes: -ɑmpən
• Homophone: kampen

Kampen n

1. Kampen (a municipality and seaside resort village on the island of Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
2. Kampen (a Hanseatic city and municipality of Overijssel, Netherlands)

   Synonym: Uiendonk (Carnival nickname)

   Meronyms: Bisschopswetering, De Heuvels, De Roskam, De Zande, Grafhorst, Hogeweg, IJsselmuiden, Kampereiland, Kamperveen, Mastenbroek, Nieuwstad, Oosterholt, 's-Heerenbroek, Veecaten, Wilsum, Zalk

3. Kampen (a hamlet in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands)
4. Kampen (a hamlet in Hulst, Zeeland, Netherlands)

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