Holysloot

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as holensloot in 1343. Compound of an inflected form of Middle Dutch hol (“low-lying, deep, swampy”) and sloot (“ditch”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦoː.liˌsloːt/
  • Hyphenation: Ho‧ly‧sloot

Proper noun

Holysloot n

  1. a village and former municipality of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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

Further reading

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