Schellingwoude

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as scellingwoude in 1275. Compound of Middle Dutch schellinge (“boundary, border”) and wout (“marsh forest, swamp forest”). Compare Schellinkhout and Terschelling.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Schel‧ling‧wou‧de

Proper noun

Schellingwoude n

  1. A village and former municipality of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

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