Opperdoes

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as those and thosa at the end of the 11th century. Compound of opper (“upper, landinward”) and Old Dutch thosa (“mossy bog, overgrown swamp or marsh, light turf”).

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Op‧per‧does

Proper noun edit

Opperdoes n

A village and former municipality of Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Synonym: Klein-Turkije (historical, nickname)

Derived terms edit

Opperdoezer

References edit

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