Ransdorp

Dutch

Ransdorp vanuit de lucht.

Alternative forms

Rarop (dialect form), Rarep (dialect form)

Etymology

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

Hyphenation: Rans‧dorp

Proper noun

Ransdorp n

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

References

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