Grosthuizen

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as asthusa in the 12th century. Derived from a contracted compound of groot (“great, big”), Old Frisian ast (“east-, eastern”) and the plural form of hūs (“house”).

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Grost‧hui‧zen

Proper noun edit

Grosthuizen n

A village and former municipality of Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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