Koog aan de Zaan

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as upte Koech in 1561. Derived from koog (“land located outside a levee”) and the hydronym Zaan.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Koog aan de Zaan

Proper noun

Koog aan de Zaan n

  1. a village and former municipality of Zaanstad, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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