Groot Hitland

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Hitland (Groot en Klein) in 1899. Potentially derived from groot (“great, big”) and either dialectal Hitland (“the Shetland Islands”) or hit (“Shetland pony”) and land (“land”). The toponym contrasts with Klein Hitland.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Groot Hit‧land

Proper noun

Groot Hitland n

1. A hamlet in Zuidplas, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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