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, Noord-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