Hippolytushoef

Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

Ipelshoef (West Frisian)

Etymology edit

First attested as ypolshove in 1343-1344. Compound of the name of Saint Hippolytus of Rome and Middle Dutch huue (“piece of land of a certain size, farmstead”).

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Hip‧po‧ly‧tus‧hoef

Proper noun edit

Hippolytushoef n

A village in Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Synonyms: Hippo (“nickname”), Klein Parijs (“nickname”)

Derived terms edit

References edit

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