Numansdorp
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested as Numans Dorp in 1773. Compound of Numan (a surname) and dorp (“village, settlement”). Named after Gerard Numan, a secretary of Emperor Maximilian I of Austria who acquired the land the current village stands on in 1492.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: Nu‧mans‧dorp
Proper noun
[edit]Numansdorp n
- A village and former municipality of Hoeksche Waard, South Holland, Netherlands