Exmorra

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Potentially attested as aspanmora in 855, attested with certainty as exmorra in the 13th century. Derived form a compound of Old Frisian ēk (“oak, Quercus sp.”) and mora (“moor, bog, place where salt is extracted”). The Dutch form of the toponym was borrowed from an earlier variant of the Frisian name.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɛksˈmɔ.raː/
Hyphenation: Ex‧mor‧ra

Proper noun edit

Exmorra n

A village in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

Exmorrazijl

References edit

van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN