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
- A village and former municipality of Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Krommenieër
- Krommeniedijk
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “krommenie”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN