Oud-Loosdrecht
Dutch
editEtymology
editFirst attested as loesdrecht in 1298. Compound of oud (“old”), Middle Dutch loes (“drainage channel”) and -drecht (“ferry, watercourse”). The toponym contrasts with Nieuw-Loosdrecht.
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: Oud-‧Loos‧drecht
Proper noun
editOud-Loosdrecht n
- A village in Wijdemeren, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
References
editCategories:
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms suffixed with -drecht
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch multiword terms
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Villages in North Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands