Groot-Ammers

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as ammers in 1280-1287. Compound of groot (“great, big”) and a hydronym potentially derived from a form reconstructed as *Ambarussa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Groot-‧Am‧mers

Proper noun

Groot-Ammers n

1. A village and former municipality of Molenlanden, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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