Schellingwoude

Dutch

Huizen op de dijk te Schellingwoude.

Etymology

First attested as scellingwoude in 1275. Compound of Middle Dutch schellinge (“boundary, border”) and wout (“marsh forest, swamp forest”). Compare Schellinkhout and Terschelling.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Schel‧ling‧wou‧de

Proper noun

Schellingwoude n

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

References

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

Further reading

• Schellingwoude on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl