Butterhuizen

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Butter Huysen in 1631. Compound of a dialectal form of boter (“butter”) and the plural form of huis (“house”). Named after a nearby ditch.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: But‧ter‧hui‧zen

Proper noun

Butterhuizen n

1. A neighbourhood of Dijk en Waard, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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