Oostknollendam
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Attested as Knollendam in 1529. Compound of oost (“east-, eastern”), the plural form of knol (“extremity of a levee”) and dam (“dam”). The element oost was added to distinguish the village from Westknollendam.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: Oost‧knol‧len‧dam
Proper noun[edit]
Oostknollendam n
- A village in Wormerland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.