Stierop

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Stierp in 1639. Compound of a term cognate to stuur (“wild, rough, turbulent”) and Old Dutch *apa (“river, watercourse”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Stie‧rop

Proper noun

Stierop n

1. A hamlet in Castricum, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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