Groot Dorregeest

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as thorengest in the 12th century. Compound of Old Dutch thoren (“thorn”) and gēst (“elevated sandy land”). The element groot (“great, big”) was added to distinguish the settlement from Klein Dorregeest.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Groot Dor‧re‧geest

Proper noun

Groot Dorre geest n

A hamlet in Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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