Boeschoten

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as van boscoten in 1326. Compound of Middle Dutch boede (“shack, small wooden building, barn”) and the plural form of schot (“enclosed space, fenced-in territory”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuˌsxoː.tə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: Boe‧scho‧ten

Proper noun

Boeschoten n

  1. a hamlet in Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands

References

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