Opmeer

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as upmere around 1312. Compound of Middle Dutch up (“up, elevated, upstream”) (potentially used here in the sense "at") and meer (“lake”).

Pronunciation
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  • Hyphenation: Op‧meer

Proper noun

Opmeer n

  1. A village and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.
    Meronyms: Aartswoud, Abbekerkeweere, De Kaag, De Kolk, De Snip, De Weere, Gouwe, Harderwijk, Hoogwoud, Lagehoek, Paradijs, Spanbroek, Wadway, Zandwerven

Derived terms
  • Opmeerder
  • Opmeers

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