Weezenhof

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of the plural form of wees (“orphan”) and hof (“farmstead, farm”). Originally the name of a farm owned by the Nijmegen Roman Catholic Orphanage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeː.zə(n)ˌɦɔf/
• Hyphenation: Wee‧zen‧hof

Proper noun

Weezenhof n

1. A neighborhood of Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands.

References

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