Rinnegom

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as rinighem around the end of the 11th century. Compound of Old Frisian Rinne (a personal name) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi- and hēm (“home, settlement”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Rin‧ne‧gom

Proper noun

Rinnegom n

  1. a hamlet in Bergen, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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