Attested as de Keten in 1680. Derived from groot (“great, big”) and the plural form of keet (“wooden shack”).
- Hyphenation: Groo‧te Kee‧ten
Groote Keeten n
- A hamlet in Schagen, North Holland, Netherlands
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “groote keeten”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN