Meerdervoort

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as Meerdervoort in 1759. Named after Claes van Meerdervoort, a nobleman who financed the land reclamation project the fiefdom which the municipality was named after stood on.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Meer‧der‧voort

Proper noun edit

Meerdervoort n

A former municipality of Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.