Schellingwoude

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Dutch[edit]

Huizen op de dijk te Schellingwoude.

Etymology[edit]

First attested as scellingwoude in 1275. Compound of Middle Dutch schellinge (“boundary, border”) and wout (“marsh forest, swamp forest”). Compare Schellinkhout and Terschelling.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: Schel‧ling‧wou‧de

Proper noun[edit]

Schellingwoude n

  1. A village and former municipality of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References[edit]

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “schellingwoude”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

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