Baarsdorpermeer

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as barsdorp in 1345. Compound of the toponym Baarsdorp (a compound of Middle Dutch Baer (a personal name) and dorp (“farmstead, village, subsidiary settlement”)) and meer (“lake”). Named after a former lake.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Baars‧dor‧per‧meer

Proper noun

Baarsdorpermeer n

  1. a hamlet in Koggenland, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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