De Hellen

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as de Hellen in 1760. Perhaps derived from dialectal hel (“strips of solid land remaining after the excavation of a peat bog, bank of land used to dry peat”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /də ˈɦɛ.lə(n)/
Hyphenation: De Hel‧len
Rhymes: -ɛlən

Proper noun edit

De Hellen n

A neighbourhood of Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

References edit

van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN