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Het Korfwater

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Attested as Land genaamd het Korfwater in 1839-1859. Originally a hydronym, derived in turn from a compound of korf (eel basket) and water (watercourse).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Het Korf‧wa‧ter

Proper noun

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Het Korfwater n

  1. A hamlet in Schagen, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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