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De Cocksdorp
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Dutch
Alternative forms
nl Kósdörrep dialect form
Etymology
Attested as COCKSDORP (DE) in 1841. From nl de Cock -s- dorp a surname village, settlement. Named after Nicolaas Josephus de Cock (1804-1848), a shipowner who founded a company to develop the land around the settlement in 1835.
Pronunciation
nl /də ˈkɔks.dɔrp/
nl De Cocks dorp
nl ɔksdɔrp 3
Proper noun
n 1
nl A <<village>> in the north of <<isl/Texel>>, <<p/North Holland>>, <<c/Netherlands>>.
References
de cocksdorp
nl eponyms