Ommoord

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as ommoorden in 1320. Compound of Middle Dutch omme (“around”) and oert (“land protruding into or bordering water”). Originally the name of a polder.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Om‧moord

Proper noun

Ommoord n

1. A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Ommoorder
• Ommoords

References

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