Voorschoten

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First attested as forschate in 918-948. Compound of the hydronym Fore and Old Frisian schate (piece of land which juts upwards). Compare Veur and Voorburg.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Voor‧scho‧ten

Proper noun[edit]

Voorschoten n

  1. A village and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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