Bilthoven

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as Station in 1867. Compound of the toponym De Bilt and the plural form of hof (“farmstead, homestead”). The settlement's name was chosen by municipal vote in 1917 in order to avoid confusion with De Bilt.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Bilt‧ho‧ven

Proper noun edit

Bilthoven n

A village in De Bilt, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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