Boekhorst
Dutch
editEtymology
editFirst attested as Bueckhorst in 1622. Compound of a dialectal form of beuk (“beech, Fagus sp.”) and horst (“overgrown elevated place”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editBoekhorst n
- A hamlet in Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands.
References
edit- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN