Ransdorp

Dutch edit

Ransdorp vanuit de lucht.

Alternative forms edit

Rarop (dialect form), Rarep (dialect form)

Etymology edit

First attested as randorp in 1323. Compound of an unclear first element and Middle Dutch dorp (“farmstead, village, settlement”). The first element may be Old Frisian Ranne (“a personal name”).

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Rans‧dorp

Proper noun edit

Ransdorp n

A village and former municipality of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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