Hoogvliet

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Hoochvliet in 1639. Compound of hoog (“high, elevated”) and vliet (“running watercourse”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Hoog‧vliet

Proper noun

Hoogvliet n

  1. A neighbourhood and former municipality of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms
  • Hoogvlieter
  • Hoogvliets

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