Schulpstet

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Schulpstet in 1839-1859. Compound of a variant of schelp (“shell”) and stede (“place”). The toponym may refer to a place where shell-sand was loaded onto barges headed for Alkmaar.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Schulp‧stet

Proper noun

Schulpstet n

A hamlet in Castricum, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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