Grote Voort
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Potentially attested as hervort in 1303, attested with certainty as 't Voort in 1556. Derived from groot (“big, great”) and voorde (“ford, crossing”). So named to distinguish the settlement from Kleine Voort.
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]References
[edit]- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN