Groot Hitland

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Hitland (Groot en Klein) in 1899. Potentially derived from groot (“great, big”) and either dialectal Hitland (“the Shetland Islands”) or hit (“Shetland pony”) and land (“land”). The toponym contrasts with Klein Hitland.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Groot Hit‧land

Proper noun

Groot Hit land n

A hamlet in Zuidplas, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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