Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested as Hoochvliet in 1639. Compound of hoog (high, elevated) and vliet (running watercourse).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Hoog‧vliet

Proper noun edit

Hoogvliet n

  1. A neighbourhood and former municipality of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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