Oostknollendam
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
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, North Holland, Netherlands