Ommoord
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as ommoorden in 1320. Compound of Middle Dutch omme (“around”) and oert (“land protruding into or bordering water”). Originally the name of a polder.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Om‧moord
Proper noun
Ommoord n
- A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Ommoorder
- Ommoords
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “ommoord”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN