De Horn

Dutch

Etymology

• (Groningen) Derived from horn (“protruding bend, corner”).
• (Weesp) Attested as Horn in 1874. Derived from horn (“protruding bend, corner”). The settlement is located in a bend of the Vecht.
• (Alkmaar) Derived from horn (“protruding bend, corner”), referring here to a bend made by the levee next to the Vroonermeer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də ˈɦɔrn/
• Hyphenation: De Horn
• Rhymes: -ɔrn

Proper noun

De Horn n

1. A hamlet in Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands
2. A hamlet in Weesp, North Holland, Netherlands
3. A neighbourhood of Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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