Osdorp

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as okesthorpe around 1180. Compound of Old Dutch Oke (“a personal name”) and thorp (“farmstead, village, subsidiary settlement”). Formerly an independent village.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Os‧dorp

Proper noun

Osdorp n

1. A neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Osdorper
• Osdorps

References

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