Stompetoren
Dutch
Etymology
Attested as Kerck in 1680. Compound of stomp (“blunt, obtuse”) and toren (“tower”). The settlement was named after the shape of the tower of the village church.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Stom‧pe‧to‧ren
Proper noun
Stompetoren n
- A village in Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Stompetorenaar
- Stompetorens
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “stompetoren”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN