Buitenhof

Dutch

Etymology

• (Delft) Attested as Buitenhof in 1960. Derived from buitenhof (“garden or homestead located outside of a city wall”). The toponym contrasts with Voorhof.
• (Leiderdorp) Derived from buitenhof (“garden or homestead located outside of a city wall”). The toponym contrasts with Binnenhof and Voorhof.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Bui‧ten‧hof

Proper noun

Buitenhof n

1. A neighbourhood of Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
2. A neighbourhood of Leiderdorp, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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