Het Loo

Dutch

Etymology

• (Overijssel) Attested as 't Loe te Wijrden in 1665. Derived from lo (“light forest”).
• (Gelderland) First attested as dat huys geheten 't Loe in 1537. Derived from lo (“light forest”). Named after the Nieuwe Loo palace.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛt ˈloː/
• Hyphenation: Het Loo
• Rhymes: -oː

Proper noun

Het Loo n

1. A hamlet in Wierden, Overijssel, Netherlands.
2. A neighborhood of Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands.

References

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