Groenoord

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

  • (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[edit]

  • Hyphenation: Groen‧oord

Proper noun[edit]

Groenoord n

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

References[edit]

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