Woerdense Verlaat

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as eene sluyse mitt eenen verlate in 1494. Derived from the toponym Woerden and Middle Dutch verlaat (“small lift-lock”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Woer‧den‧se Ver‧laat

Proper noun

Woerdense Verlaat n

  1. a village in Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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