Koog aan de Zaan

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as upte Koech in 1561. Derived from koog (“land located outside a levee”) and the hydronym Zaan.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Koog aan de Zaan

Proper noun

Koog aan de Zaan n

1. A village and former municipality of Zaanstad, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Kogerveld

References

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