Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested as Stierp in 1639. Compound of a term cognate to stuur (wild, rough, turbulent) and Old Dutch *apa (river, watercourse).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Stie‧rop

Proper noun edit

Stierop n

  1. A hamlet in Castricum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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