Nootdorp

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as noitdorper wech in 1280-1287. Etymology uncertain. Potentially a compound of Middle Dutch noot (“cattle”) or Old Dutch Nantho (a personal name) and Middle Dutch dorp (“farmstead, village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Noot‧dorp

Proper noun

Nootdorp n

  1. a village and former municipality of Pijnacker-Nootdorp, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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