Schellingwoude

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Dutch

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Huizen op de dijk te Schellingwoude.

Etymology

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First attested as scellingwoude in 1275. Compound of Middle Dutch schellinge (boundary, border) and wout (marsh forest, swamp forest). Compare Schellinkhout and Terschelling.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Schel‧ling‧wou‧de

Proper noun

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Schellingwoude n

  1. A village and former municipality of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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

Further reading

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