Oostvoorne

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as ostforne in 1260. Compound of oost (“east-, eastern”) and the toponym Voorne.

See also Zealandic Svore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːstˈvoːr.nə/
• Hyphenation: Oost‧voor‧ne
• Rhymes: -oːrnə

Proper noun

Oostvoorne n

1. A village and former municipality of Voorne aan Zee, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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