Vilheide

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as VILHEIDE (DE) in 1851. Etymology uncertain. Potentially a compound of villen (“butcher, slaughter”) or a dialectal variant of vaal (“pale, washed-out”) and heide (“heath, heathland”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /vɪlˈɦɛi̯.də/
Hyphenation: Vil‧hei‧de
Rhymes: -ɛi̯də

Proper noun edit

Vilheide n

A neighbourhood of Land van Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

References edit

van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN