Meijhorst

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of a shortened form of meidoorn (“hawthorn, Crataegus”) and horst (“sandy ridge”). Originally the name of a farm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛi̯.ɦɔrst/
• Hyphenation: Meij‧horst

Proper noun

Meijhorst n

1. A neighborhood of Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

References

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