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Doezum.

a village in Westerkwartier, Groningen, Netherlands

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈdu.zʏm/
  1. a village in Westerkwartier, Groningen, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

First attested as uteradosum alias dosum in 1475. Difficult to interpret. Potentially derived from a compound of Old Frisian Doewe (a personal name) and heem (“home, settlement”) or from the dative plural form of dialectal Dutch Low Saxon does (“swamp or peat bog covered in moss”).

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