Heugde

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Heugte in 1899. Derived either from a dialectal variant of hoogte (“height, elevated place”) or dialectal hucht (“brushwood, forest”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɦøːx.də/
  • Hyphenation: Heug‧de
  • Rhymes: -øːxdə
  • Homophone: heugde

Proper noun

Heugde n

  1. A hamlet in Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands.

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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