Camperduin

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as campthorpa in 918-948. Compound of Old Dutch camp (“undeveloped field”) and thorpa (“farmstead, village, secondary settlement”). The second element was gradually replaced by duin (“dune”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Cam‧per‧duin

Proper noun

Camperduin n

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

Descendants

• → English: Camperdown

References

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