Loosdorp

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as loesdorp in 1407. Compound of Middle Dutch loos (“drainage channel”) or lose (“empty, abandoned, false”) and dorp (“village, subsidiary settlement”).

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Loos‧dorp

Proper noun edit

Loosdorp n

A hamlet in Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Netherlands.

References edit

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