Hoogvliet

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Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Hoog‧vliet

Proper noun

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Hoogvliet n

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

Derived terms

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References

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