Schulpstet
Dutch
Etymology
Attested as Schulpstet in 1839-1859. Compound of a variant of schelp (“shell”) and stede (“place”). The toponym may refer to a place where shell-sand was loaded onto barges headed for Alkmaar.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Schulp‧stet
Proper noun
Schulpstet n
- A hamlet in Castricum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “schulpstet”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN