Westbeemster

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: West‧beem‧ster

Proper noun

Westbeemster n

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

References

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