Terheijden

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • Traaie (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as van der heyden in 1332. Compound of an inflected form of te (“at”) and heide (“heath, heathland”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɛrˈɦɛi̯.də(n)/
  • Hyphenation: Ter‧heij‧den
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯dən

Proper noun

Terheijden n

  1. A village and former municipality of Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
    Synonym: Schraansersrijk (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms
  • Terheijdenaar
  • Terheijdens

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