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Attested as de Dool in 1846. Derived from dool (“ditch dug to indicate the boundary between two fields, hole”). Compare Kadoelen and Sandoel.
Den Dool n
- A hamlet in Molenlanden, South Holland, Netherlands
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “den dool”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN