Bilthoven

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Station in 1867. Compound of the toponym De Bilt and the plural form of hof (“farmstead, homestead”). The settlement's name was chosen by municipal vote in 1917 in order to avoid confusion with De Bilt.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Bilt‧ho‧ven

Proper noun

Bilthoven n

1. A village in De Bilt, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Bilthovenaar
• Bilthovens

References

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