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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as lacum qui vocatur a in 1138. Compound of Middle Dutch out (“old”) and the hydronym A, derived from aa (“watercourse, river”). The element oud was added to distinguish the settlement from Nieuwer Ter Aa.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Oud-Aa n
- A hamlet in Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “oud-aa”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN