Milheeze

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Milles (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as milleis in 1332. Compound of an uncertain first element (potentially Middle Dutch mil (“dust, sand”); see Old English myl (“sand”)) and Middle Dutch hese (see Old Dutch *hēsi (“brushwood”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪlˈɦeː.zə/
  • Hyphenation: Mil‧hee‧ze
  • Rhymes: -eːzə

Proper noun

Milheeze n

  1. a village in Gemert-Bakel, North Brabant, Netherlands
    Synonym: Veenmollenrijk (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

References

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