Het Loo

Dutch

Etymology

  • (Overijssel) Attested as 't Loe te Wijrden in 1665. Derived from lo (“light forest”).
  • (Gelderland) First attested as dat huys geheten 't Loe in 1537. Derived from lo (“light forest”). Named after the Nieuwe Loo palace.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɛt ˈloː/
  • Hyphenation: Het Loo
  • Rhymes: -oː

Proper noun

Het Loo n

  1. a hamlet in Wierden, Overijssel, Netherlands
  2. a neighborhood of Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands

References

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