Slootgaard

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • De Sloeierd (West Frisian)

Etymology

Attested as De Slootgert in 1680. Compound of sloot (“ditch”) and gaard (“garden”). Originally the name of a polder.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Sloot‧gaard

Proper noun

Slootgaard n

  1. a hamlet in Schagen, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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