Groot-Ammers

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as ammers in 1280-1287. Compound of groot (“great, big”) and a hydronym potentially derived from a form reconstructed as *Ambarussa.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Groot-‧Am‧mers

Proper noun

Groot-Ammers n

  1. A village and former municipality of Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “groot-ammers”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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