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Etymology

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Attested as Marktgouw in 1633. Compound of mark (boundary, boundary land, undivided communal land) and the hydronym De Gouw.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Mark‧gouw

Proper noun

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Markgouw n

  1. A neighbourhood of Waterland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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