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Buitenkaag
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Dutch
Etymology
Attested as de Leeghwater aan de Kaag in 1851. Compound of nl buiten outside and the toponym nl Kaag. The toponym initially referred to an area outside of Kaag. The name was officially confirmed only in 1959. Before then, the settlement was usually known as De Leeghwater or Leeghwaterbuurt, a reference to a nearby pumping station named after engineer Jan Adriaanszoon Leeghwater.
Pronunciation
nl Bui ten kaag
Proper noun
n
nl village mun/Haarlemmermeer p/North Holland c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Buitenkager
nl Buitenkaags
References
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