Heiloo

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as heilingloh, heileginlo and heilegenlo in the first half of the 11th century. Compound of Old Dutch hēlig (“holy, sacred”) and lo (“light forest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛi̯ˈloː/

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• Hyphenation: Hei‧loo
• Rhymes: -oː

Proper noun

Heiloo n

1. A village and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.

   Meronyms: Bollendorp, Kaandorp, Kapel, Oosterzij

Derived terms

• Heilooënaar
• Heilooër
• Heilooërmeer

References

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