Weesp

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as wesepa in 1131. Compound of an unclear first element and Old Dutch *apa (“river, watercourse”). The first element may be Proto-Germanic *wisi (“good”) or Proto-Indo-European *weis (“flow, stream, stream out”).

Compare Wesepe, Wezep and Wezup.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: Weesp

Proper noun

Weesp n

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

   Synonym: Tobbegat (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

• Weesper
• Weesps
• Weesperbuurt
• Weesperzijde
• Weesperkarspel

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “weesp”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN