Hoorn

Borrowed from Dutch Hoorn.

Hoorn

1. A municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.

• (Noord-Holland) First attested as hoern in 1289. Derived from Middle Dutch horne (“protruding bend, corner”).
• (Friesland) First attested as horon in 1482. Borrowed from West Frisian Hoarne, derived in turn from Old Frisian horn (“protruding bend, corner”).
• (Gelderland) First attested as hoerne in 1333-1334. Derived from hoorn (“protruding piece of land”).
• (Groningen) First attested as Hoorn in 1634. Derived from hoorn (“prominent bend, corner”).
• (Alphen aan den Rijn, hamlet) First attested as De Hoorn Polder in 1615. Derived from hoorn (“prominent bend, corner”).
• (Alphen aan den Rijn, neighbourhood) The neighbourhood is named after the hamlet.

• IPA^(key): /ɦoːrn/

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• Hyphenation: Hoorn
• Rhymes: -oːrn
• Homophone: hoorn

Hoorn n

1. a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands

   Synonym: Konkeldonk (Carnival nickname)

   Meronyms: Blokker, Zwaag

2. a village in Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands
3. a hamlet in Heerde, Gelderland, Netherlands
4. a hamlet in Westerwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
5. a hamlet in Alphen aan den Rijn, South Holland, Netherlands
6. a neighbourhood of Alphen aan den Rijn, South Holland, Netherlands

• Horinees
• Hoorns
• Hoornderveen
• Hoornerveen

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

• Rhoon