Het Korfwater

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Land genaamd het Korfwater in 1839-1859. Originally a hydronym, derived in turn from a compound of korf (“eel basket”) and water (“watercourse”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Het Korf‧wa‧ter

Proper noun

Het Korfwater n

  1. A hamlet in Schagen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “het korfwater”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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