Ransdorp

Dutch

Ransdorp vanuit de lucht.

Alternative forms

• Rarop (dialect form), Rarep (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as randorp in 1323. Compound of an unclear first element and Middle Dutch dorp (“farmstead, village, settlement”). The first element may be Old Frisian Ranne (“a personal name”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Rans‧dorp

Proper noun

Ransdorp n

1. A village and former municipality of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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

Further reading

• Ransdorp on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl