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Dutch
Etymology
Attested as Kerck in 1680. Compound of stomp (“blunt, obtuse”) and toren (“tower”). The settlement was named after the shape of the tower of the village church.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Stom‧pe‧to‧ren
Proper noun
Stompetoren n
- A village in Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “stompetoren”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN