Het Loo

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Dutch

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Etymology

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  • (Overijssel) Attested as 't Loe te Wijrden in 1665. Derived from lo (light forest).
  • (Gelderland) First attested as dat huys geheten 't Loe in 1537. Derived from lo (light forest). Named after the Nieuwe Loo palace.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɦɛt ˈloː/
  • Hyphenation: Het Loo
  • Rhymes: -oː

Proper noun

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Het Loo n

  1. A hamlet in Wierden, Overijssel, Netherlands
  2. A neighborhood of Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands

References

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