Het Kalf

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as opt Calff in 1582. Likely derived from kalf (“sloughing land”). Originally an independent hamlet.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Het Kalf

Proper noun

Het Kalf n

1. A neighbourhood of Zaanstad, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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