Hugersluys

Dutch

Etymology

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

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

Proper noun

Hugersluys n

A neighbourhood of Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands.

References

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