Escamp

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as estcamp around 1415. Potentially derived from a term related to Middle Dutch etten (“let graze”) and camp (“enclosed piece of land”). Compare Esveld.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Es‧camp

Proper noun

Escamp n

1. A neighbourhood of Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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