Schulpstet

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested as Schulpstet in 1839-1859. Compound of a variant of schelp (“shell”) and stede (“place”). The toponym may refer to a place where shell-sand was loaded onto barges headed for Alkmaar.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Schulp‧stet

Proper noun edit

Schulpstet n

A hamlet in Castricum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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