Piershil

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as piershille in 1452. Compound of a shortened form of Middle Dutch Pieter (“a personal name”) and hil (“hill, elevated place”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Piers‧hil

Proper noun

Piershil n

  1. A village and former municipality of Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms
  • Piershillenaar
  • Piershils

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