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Numansdorp
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Dutch
Etymology
Attested as Numans Dorp in 1773. Compound of nl Numan a surname and nl dorp village, settlement. Named after Gerard Numan, a secretary of Emperor Maximilian I of Austria who acquired the land the current village stands on in 1492.
Pronunciation
nl Nu mans dorp
Proper noun
n
nl village/and/former municipality mun/Hoeksche Waard p/South Holland c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Numansdorper
nl Numansdorps
References
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nl eponyms