Etymology
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Attested as den Hoek van Holland in 1769. Derived from hoek (“sharp bend, corner”) and the toponym Holland.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Hoek van Hol‧land
Proper noun
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Hoek van Holland n
- A village in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
References
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- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “hoek van holland”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN