Krommenie

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Krommenije (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as crommenye in 1276. Derived from the hydronym Krommenie, derived in turn from Middle Dutch crom (bent) and a variant of aa (watercourse, river).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Krom‧me‧nie

Proper noun

Krommenie n

  1. A village and former municipality of Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

References

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