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Etymology

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First attested as waldmonathorp in 1399. Compound of either a toponym *Wald or Old Frisian wald (swamp forest, marsh forest), man (man, inhabitant) and dorp (village, settlement).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɔl.də(n)ˌdɔrp/
  • Hyphenation: Wol‧den‧dorp

Proper noun

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Woldendorp n

  1. A village in Eemsdelta, Groningen, Netherlands

References

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  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN