Dutch edit

Etymology edit

  • (Leiden) Attested as Groenoord in 1839-1859. Compound of groen (green) and oord (place). Originally the name of an estate.
  • (Schiedam) Attested as Groenoord in 1869. Compound of groen (green) and oord (place). Originally the name of a farmhouse.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Groen‧oord

Proper noun edit

Groenoord n

  1. A neighbourhood of Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
  2. A neighbourhood of Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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