Noordwijkerhout

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Noortikerhout (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as den hout in 1280-1287. Compound of the toponym Noordwijk and Middle Dutch holt (“rising deciduous forest”).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: Noord‧wij‧ker‧hout

Proper noun

Noordwijkerhout n

1. A village and former municipality of Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

   Synonym: Kokkerhout (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

• Noordwijkerhouter
• Noordwijkerhouts

References

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