Oostknollendam

Dutch

Etymology

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

• Hyphenation: Oost‧knol‧len‧dam

Proper noun

Oostknollendam n

1. A village in Wormerland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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