Dusseldorp

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as disterdorp in 1462. Potentially a compound of a term related to distel (“thistle”) or dissel (“adze”) and Middle Dutch dorp (“farmstead, village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Dus‧sel‧dorp

Proper noun

Dusseldorp n

A village in Castricum, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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