De Westen
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Etymology[edit]
First attested as uuemminge in 918-948. Etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from Old Frisian Wemme (“a personal name”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi- or from a term meaning "poor soil". The toponym was gradually reinterpreted to westen (“west”).
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Proper noun[edit]
- A hamlet in Texel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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- nl:Villages in North Holland, Netherlands
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