Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested as Westerbeemster in 1639. Compound of west (west-) and the toponym Beemster.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: West‧beem‧ster

Proper noun edit

Westbeemster n

  1. A village in Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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