Groenoord

Dutch

Etymology

• (Leiden) Attested as Groenoord in 1839-1859. Compound of groen (“green”) and oord (“place”). Originally the name of an estate.
• (Schiedam) Attested as Groenoord in 1869. Compound of groen (“green”) and oord (“place”). Originally the name of a farmhouse.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Groen‧oord

Proper noun

Groenoord n

1. A neighbourhood of Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
2. A neighbourhood of Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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