Zuid-Scharwoude
Dutch
editAlternative forms
edit- Suiskerwou (West Frisian)
Etymology
editFirst attested as sudrekercha in 1094. Compound of zuid (“south-”), the toponym Schoorl and Old Dutch walt (“marsh forest, swamp forest”). The settlement was initially called Sudrekercha, a compound of sūthar (“southern, south-”) and kirika (“church”). The element zuid was added to distinguish the settlement from Noord-Scharwoude.
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: Zuid-‧Schar‧wou‧de
Proper noun
editZuid-Scharwoude n
- A village and former municipality of Dijk en Waard, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
References
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- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch multiword terms
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- nl:Villages in North Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Historical political subdivisions
- nl:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands