Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Mark‧gouw

Proper noun edit

Markgouw n

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

References edit

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