Hugersluys

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested as Huigersluis in 1740. Compound of Hugo (“a personal name”) and sluis (“lock, sluice”). The lock after which the neighbourhood was named was built by Hugo van Steenland.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˌɦy.ɣərˈslœy̯s/
Hyphenation: Hu‧ger‧sluys
Rhymes: -œy̯s

Proper noun edit

Hugersluys n

A neighbourhood of Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands.

References edit

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