Hellevoetsluis
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (obsolete) Helvoetsluys
Proper noun
[edit]Hellevoetsluis
- A town and former municipality of Voorne aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested as Helvoet Sluys in 1639. Compound of the toponym Hellevoet (derived from a compound of the hydronym Helle and voet (“foot, bottom”)) and sluis (“lock, sluice”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hellevoetsluis n
- A town and former municipality of Voorne aan Zee, South Holland, Netherlands
Derived terms
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[edit]Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Towns in South Holland, Netherlands
- en:Towns in the Netherlands
- en:Historical political subdivisions
- en:Places in South Holland, Netherlands
- en:Places in the Netherlands
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/œy̯s
- Rhymes:Dutch/œy̯s/4 syllables
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Towns in South Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Towns in the Netherlands
- nl:Historical political subdivisions
- nl:Places in South Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands