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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as loesdorp in 1407. Compound of Middle Dutch loos (“drainage channel”) or lose (“empty, abandoned, false”) and dorp (“village, subsidiary settlement”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Loosdorp n
- A hamlet in Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “loosdorp”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN