Westwoud

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as westenwoude around 1312. Compound of Middle Dutch west (“west-, western”) and wout (“marsh forest, swamp forest”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: West‧woud

Proper noun

Westwoud n

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

Derived terms

• Westwouder
• Westwouds

References

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