Hutt

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See also: hutt and hütt

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Named after Sir William Hutt, chairman of the New Zealand Company.

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Proper noun[edit]

(the) Hutt

  1. A surname.
  2. A river and valley in Western Australia.
    • 1841, “Australind”, in The Monthly Chronicle, volume VII, page 402:
      The following passages describe the banks of the Hutt, to which allusion has already been made as the largest river of Western Australia yet known.
  3. A river and valley in the Wellington region, North Island, New Zealand.
    • 1869, J. C. Crawford, Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, page 344:
      Having forded the Hutt, I proceeded up the course of the Akatarewa.
  4. A former county of New Zealand, Hutt County was abolished in 1989.

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Luxembourgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old High German huot, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz. Cognate with German Hut, Dutch hoed, English hood.

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Noun[edit]

Hutt m (plural Hitt)

  1. hat

Plautdietsch[edit]

Noun[edit]

Hutt f

  1. protection, care