De Cocksdorp

Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

Kósdörrep (dialect form)

Etymology edit

Attested as COCKSDORP (DE) in 1841. From de Cock (“a surname”) +‎ -s- +‎ dorp (“village, settlement”). Named after Nicolaas Josephus de Cock (1804-1848), a shipowner who founded a company to develop the land around the settlement in 1835.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /də ˈkɔks.dɔrp/
Hyphenation: De Cocks‧dorp
Rhymes: -ɔksdɔrp

Proper noun edit

De Cocksdorp n

A village in the north of Texel, North Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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