Terheijden

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Traaie (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as van der heyden in 1332. Compound of an inflected form of te (“at”) and heide (“heath, heathland”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛrˈɦɛi̯.də(n)/
  • Hyphenation: Ter‧heij‧den
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯dən

Proper noun

Terheijden n

  1. a village and former municipality of Drimmelen, North Brabant, Netherlands
    Synonym: Schraansersrijk (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

  • Terheijdenaar
  • Terheijdens

References

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