Papendorp

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as papenthorp in 1050. Compound of Old Dutch papo (“priest, cleric”) or Papo (a personal name) and thorp (“farmstead, village, subsidiary settlement”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Pa‧pen‧dorp

Proper noun

Papendorp n

1. A neighbourhood of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

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