Diunt

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as opten Duernyet in 1542. Derived from a contracted compound of doorn (“thorn bush”) and hout (“rising deciduous forest”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.ʏnt/
  • Hyphenation: Di‧unt

Proper noun

Diunt n

  1. a hamlet in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.