Oostknollendam

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested as Knollendam in 1529. Compound of oost (“east-, eastern”), the plural form of knol (“extremity of a levee”) and dam (“dam”). The element oost was added to distinguish the village from Westknollendam.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Oost‧knol‧len‧dam

Proper noun edit

Oostknollendam n

A village in Wormerland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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