Camperduin

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as campthorpa in 918-948. Compound of Old Dutch camp (“undeveloped field”) and thorpa (“farmstead, village, secondary settlement”). The second element was gradually replaced by duin (“dune”).

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Cam‧per‧duin

Proper noun edit

Camperduin n

A hamlet in Bergen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Descendants edit

→ English: Camperdown

References edit

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