Markgouw

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Marktgouw in 1633. Compound of mark (“boundary, boundary land, undivided communal land”) and the hydronym De Gouw.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Mark‧gouw

Proper noun

Markgouw n

1. A neighbourhood of Waterland, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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