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.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣroː.tə ˈvoːrt/
  • Hyphenation: Gro‧te Voort
  • Rhymes: -oːrt

Proper noun[edit]

Grote Voort n

  1. A hamlet in Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

References[edit]

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