Braakhuizen
Dutch
editEtymology
editFirst attested as Braechuysen in 1635. Compound of braak (“intensively ploughed land, heath converted to farmland”) and the plural form of huis (“house”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editBraakhuizen n
- A neighbourhood of Geldrop-Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
References
edit- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN