Bergermeer

First attested as aquis que vocatur mere inter berghen et alkmer sitas in 1251. Compound of the toponym Bergen and Middle Dutch mere (“lake”). Named after a polder, named in turn after a former lake.

• Hyphenation: Ber‧ger‧meer

Bergermeer n

1. A neighbourhood of Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands

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