Goudswaard

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === Gouswaerd (dialect form) === Etymology === First attested as terram que corendich dicitur in 1246. Compound of Middle Dutch goud (“gold”) and waard (“riverine island, polder area surrounded by water”). The settlement may have been named for the high value of the land around it. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Gouds‧waard === Proper noun === Goudswaard n a village and former municipality of Hoeksche Waard, South Holland, Netherlands ==== Derived terms ==== Goudswaarder Goudswaards === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Goudswaard”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN