Numansdorp
Dutch
Etymology
Attested as Numans Dorp in 1773. Compound of Numan (“a surname”) and dorp (“village, settlement”). Named after Gerard Numan, a secretary of Emperor Maximilian I of Austria who acquired the land the current village stands on in 1492.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Nu‧mans‧dorp
Proper noun
Numansdorp n
- A village and former municipality of Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Numansdorper
- Numansdorps
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “numansdorp”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN