Loosduinen
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as villa losdun in 1186. Etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from a compound of Middle Dutch loos (“drainage channel”) and the plural form of dun (“dune”). Alternatively, the toponym may be related to Leusden, Lesdain and Lesdins.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Loos‧dui‧nen
Proper noun
Loosduinen n
- A neighbourhood and former municipality of Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Loosduiner
- Loosduins
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “loosduinen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN