Numansdorp
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Attested as Numans Dorp in 1773. Compound of Numan (“a surname”) and dorp (“village, settlement”). Named after Gerard Numan, a secretary of Emperor Maximilian I of Austria who acquired the land the current village stands on in 1492.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Nu‧mans‧dorp
Proper noun edit
Numansdorp n
- A village and former municipality of Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.