Voorschoten

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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Hyphenation: Voor‧scho‧ten

Proper noun edit

Voorschoten n

A village and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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