Grosthuizen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as asthusa in the 12th century. Derived from a contracted compound of groot (“great, big”), Old Frisian ast (“east-, eastern”) and the plural form of hūs (“house”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Grost‧hui‧zen

Proper noun

Grosthuizen n

1. A village and former municipality of Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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