Krommenie

Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

Krommenije (dialect form)

Etymology edit

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 edit

Hyphenation: Krom‧me‧nie

Proper noun edit

Krommenie n

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

Derived terms edit

References edit

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