Attested as de Oude Held in 1867. Derived from held (“hero”). Named after a pair of polders, which were in turn named after a pair of windmills used to drain them.
- IPA(key): /də ˈɦɛlt/
- Hyphenation: De Held
- Rhymes: -ɛlt
De Held n
- A neighbourhood of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “de held”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
