Schouw

See also: schouw

Dutch

Etymology

• (Friesland): First attested as Schouw in 1847. Calque of West Frisian De Skou, derived from skou (“ferry”).
• (Noord-Brabant): First attested as die hoge schaut in 1382. Potentially derived from dialectal schave (“pasture, hayfield”), itself derived from Medieval Latin escavatum (“cavity”).
• (Flevoland): Derived from schouw (“type of ship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sxɑu̯/
• Hyphenation: Schouw
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯
• Homophone: schouw

Proper noun

Schouw n

1. A hamlet in De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands.
2. A hamlet in Gemert-Bakel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
3. A neighbourhood of Lelystad, Flevoland, Netherlands.

References

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