Kattouw

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Jan Hendriks Kattouw in 1691. Derived from the German surname Kattau. Originally the name of an immigrant family which manned a sluice near Hoogeveen. The surname was gradually applied to the sluice, and then to the neighbourhood around the sluice.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.tɑu̯/
Hyphenation: Kat‧touw

Proper noun

Kattouw n

A neighbourhood of Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands.

References

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