Stierop

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Stierp in 1639. Compound of a term cognate to stuur (“wild, rough, turbulent”) and Old Dutch *apa (“river, watercourse”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Stie‧rop

Proper noun

Stierop n

  1. a hamlet in Castricum, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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