Westwoud
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as westenwoude around 1312. Compound of Middle Dutch west (“west-, western”) and wout (“marsh forest, swamp forest”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: West‧woud
Proper noun
Westwoud n
- A village and former municipality of Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Westwouder
- Westwouds
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “westwoud”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN