Legemeer
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested as nouimeis in the 13th century. Borrowed from West Frisian Legemar, a compound of leech (“low”) and mar (“lake”). The village was formerly located next to a marshland which may have held the body of water the toponym derives from.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Legemeer n
- A village in De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands
References
[edit]- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN