Spaarnwoude

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as spirnerewalt in the first half of the 11th century. Compound of the hydronym Spaarne (of unknown etymology) and Middle Dutch wout (“marsh forest, swamp forest”).

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Spaarn‧wou‧de

Proper noun edit

Spaarnwoude n

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

Derived terms edit

Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude

References edit

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