Dutch

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Etymology

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First attested as forschate in 918-948. Compound of the hydronym Fore and Old Frisian schate (piece of land which juts upwards). Compare Veur and Voorburg.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Voor‧scho‧ten

Proper noun

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Voorschoten n

  1. A village and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

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References

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