Hippolytushoef

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Ipelshoef (West Frisian)

Etymology

First attested as ypolshove in 1343-1344. Compound of the name of Saint Hippolytus of Rome and Middle Dutch huue (“piece of land of a certain size, farmstead”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Hip‧po‧ly‧tus‧hoef

Proper noun

Hippolytushoef n

1. A village in Hollands Kroon, North Holland, Netherlands

   Synonyms: Hippo (“nickname”), Klein Parijs (“nickname”)

Derived terms

• Hippolytushoever
• Hippolytushoefs

References

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