Wiktionary

Grotewal

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested as Groote Wal in 1680. Compound of groot (“great, big”) and wal (“embankment wall, levee”).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Gro‧te‧wal

Proper noun edit

Grotewal n

  1. A hamlet in Schagen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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