Zandvoort

From Dutch Zandvoort.

• (Dutch) IPA^(key): /ˈzɑntfoːrt/

Zandvoort

1. A village, municipality, and beach resort in North Holland, The Netherlands.

Compound of zand (“sand”) +‎ voort, by-form of voorde (“ford, crossing”). Compare Sandford. Doublet of Santfort and Zandfort.

• (North Holland): First attested as Middle Dutch santfort in 1105-1120; also attested in Middle Dutch as Sandevoerde.
• (Utrecht): Named after a former hamlet.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɑnt.foːrt/

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• Hyphenation: Zand‧voort

Zandvoort n

1. Zandvoort (a village, municipality, and beach resort in North Holland, Netherlands)

   Meronym: Bentveld

2. a hamlet in Lingewaard, Gelderland, Netherlands
3. a neighbourhood of Baarn, Utrecht, Netherlands

• Zandvoorter
• Zandvoorts

• → English: Zandvoort

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