Opperdoes

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as those and thosa at the end of the 11th century. Compound of opper (“upper, landinward”) and Old Dutch thosa (“mossy bog, overgrown swamp or marsh, light turf”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Op‧per‧does

Proper noun

Opperdoes n

  1. a village and former municipality of Medemblik, North Holland, Netherlands
    Synonym: Klein-Turkije (historical, nickname)

Derived terms

  • Opperdoezer

References

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