Noorden

== Dutch == === Etymology === First attested as oerde in 1395-1396. Derived from the dative singular form of Middle Dutch ort (“place protruding into or bordering water”). The initial N- is the result of a contraction of an inflected form of the article de (“the”) into the toponym. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Noor‧den Homophone: noorden === Proper noun === Noorden n a village in Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands ==== Derived terms ==== Noordse Buurt Noordse Dorp === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Noorden”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN