Piershil

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as piershille in 1452. Compound of a shortened form of Middle Dutch Pieter (“a personal name”) and hil (“hill, elevated place”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Piers‧hil

Proper noun

Piershil n

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

Derived terms

• Piershillenaar
• Piershils

References

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