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Heemstede
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en nl Heemstede.
Proper noun
en village/and/municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands.
Dutch
Etymology
(Noord-Holland) Potentially attested as hemstede in 1064, attested with certainty as heemsteden in 1315. Derived from nl odt hemstede homestead.
(Utrecht) First attested as hemsteden in 1219. Derived from nl dum heemstede homestead. Named after a former knightly manor.
Pronunciation
nl Nl-Heemstede.ogg
nl Heem ste de
Proper noun
n
nl village/and/municipality p/North Holland c/Netherlands
nl hamlet mun/Houten p/Utrecht c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Heemstedenaren
nl Heemsteder
References
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