Hippolytushoef

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Ipelshoef (West Frisian)

Etymology

First attested as ypolshove in 1343-1344. Compound of the name of Saint Hippolytus of Rome and Middle Dutch huue (“piece of land of a certain size, farmstead”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Hip‧po‧ly‧tus‧hoef

Proper noun

Hippolytushoef n

  1. a village in Hollands Kroon, North Holland, Netherlands
    Synonyms: Hippo (“nickname”), Klein Parijs (“nickname”)

Derived terms

  • Hippolytushoever
  • Hippolytushoefs

References

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