Hoornaar

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as hoirnair in 1475-1476. Etymology uncertain. Potentially a compound of Middle Dutch horn (“protruding bend, corner”) and either aar (“brook, stream”) or haar (“sandy ridge”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Hoor‧naar

Proper noun

Hoornaar n

1. A village and former municipality of Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Hoornaarder
• Hoornaars

References

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