Legmeer

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as legmer in 1308. Derived from the hydronym Legmeer, a compound of a variant of Middle Dutch ledich (“empty”) and meere (“pool, lake”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Leg‧meer

Proper noun

Legmeer n

1. A neighbourhood of Uithoorn, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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