Oosterhout

Borrowed from Dutch Oosterhout.

Oosterhout

1. A city and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.
2. A village in Overbetuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands.
3. A neighborhood of Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands.

From ooster- (“eastern”) +‎ hout (“rising forest”).

• (Noord-Brabant) First attested as hosterholte in 1156. The element ooster was added to distinguish the settlement from Den Hout.
• (Overbetuwe) First attested as ostreholt at the end of the 11th century.
• (Nijmegen) Named after the neighbouring village.

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːs.tərˌɦɑu̯t/

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• Hyphenation: Oos‧ter‧hout

Oosterhout n

1. a city and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands

   Synonym: Kaaiendonk (Carnival nickname)

   Meronyms: Baarschot, Den Hout, Dorst, Eind van Den Hout, Groenendijk, Heikant, Heistraat, Hespelaar, Klein Oosterhout, Oosteind, Seters, Steenoven, Ter Aalst, Ter Horst, 't Hoekske, Vijfhuizen, Vrachelen

2. a village in Overbetuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands

   Synonym: Nölerhout (Carnival nickname)

3. a neighborhood of Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

• Oosterhouter
• Oosterhouts
• Klein Oosterhout

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