Krommenie

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Krommenije (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as crommenye in 1276. Derived from the hydronym Krommenie, derived in turn from Middle Dutch crom (“bent”) and a variant of aa (“watercourse, river”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Krom‧me‧nie

Proper noun

Krommenie n

1. A village and former municipality of Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Krommenieër
• Krommeniedijk

References

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