Elzent-Noord

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as Elzent, Den in 1900. Derived from a contracted compound of els (“alder, Alnus sp.”) and hout (“rising forest”) suffixed with noord (“north”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.zənt ˈnoːrt/
Hyphenation: El‧zent-‧Noord
Rhymes: -oːrt

Proper noun edit

Elzent-Noord n

A neighbourhood of Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

References edit

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