Schellingwoude

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Dutch

Huizen op de dijk te Schellingwoude.

Etymology

First attested as scellingwoude in 1275. Compound of Middle Dutch schellinge (“boundary, border”) and wout (“marsh forest, swamp forest”). Compare Schellinkhout and Terschelling.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Schel‧ling‧wou‧de

Proper noun

Schellingwoude n

  1. A village and former municipality of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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

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