Noordwijkerhout

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Noortikerhout (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as den hout in 1280-1287. Compound of the toponym Noordwijk and Middle Dutch holt (“rising deciduous forest”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Noord‧wij‧ker‧hout

Proper noun

Noordwijkerhout n

  1. a village and former municipality of Noordwijk, South Holland, Netherlands
    Synonym: Kokkerhout (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

  • Noordwijkerhouter
  • Noordwijkerhouts

References

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