Numansdorp
Dutch
editEtymology
editAttested 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
editNumansdorp n
- A village and former municipality of Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.