Westzaan

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Wessanen (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as westzaenden in 1318. Compound of west (“west-, western”) and the hydronym Zaan. The toponym contrasts with Oostzaan.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: West‧zaan

Proper noun

Westzaan n

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

Derived terms

References

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