Loosdorp

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as loesdorp in 1407. Compound of Middle Dutch loos (“drainage channel”) or lose (“empty, abandoned, false”) and dorp (“village, subsidiary settlement”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Loos‧dorp

Proper noun

Loosdorp n

1. A hamlet in Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

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