Butterhuizen

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Butter Huysen in 1631. Compound of a dialectal form of boter (“butter”) and the plural form of huis (“house”). Named after a nearby ditch.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: But‧ter‧hui‧zen

Proper noun

Butterhuizen n

  1. A neighbourhood of Dijk en Waard, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

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