IJsselmonde

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as islemunde in 1125-1130. Compound of the hydronym IJssel and the dative singular form of Old Dutch munt (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: IJs‧sel‧mon‧de

Proper noun

IJsselmonde n

1. An island, neighbourhood, and former municipality of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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

Further reading

• IJsselmonde on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl