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Westwoud

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as westenwoude around 1312. Compound of Middle Dutch west (“west-, western”) and wout (“marsh forest, swamp forest”).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: West‧woud

Proper noun edit

Westwoud n

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

Derived terms edit

References edit

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