De Cocksdorp

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Kósdörrep (dialect form)

Etymology

Attested as COCKSDORP (DE) in 1841. From de Cock (a surname) +‎ -s- +‎ dorp (“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

• IPA^(key): /də ˈkɔks.dɔrp/
• Hyphenation: De Cocks‧dorp
• Rhymes: -ɔksdɔrp

Proper noun

De Cocksdorp n

1. A village in the north of Texel, North Holland, Netherlands.

References

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