Lisse

See also: lisse and lissé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Lisse.

Proper noun

Lisse

1. A village and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Lis (dialect form)

Etymology

Potentially attested as lux in 918-948, attested with certainty as lis in 1198. Potentially derived from Proto-Germanic *lis (“furrow”) suffixed with the toponymic suffix *ja-. Compare Leesten, Leusden and Lieshout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪ.sə/

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• Hyphenation: Lis‧se
• Rhymes: -ɪsə

Proper noun

Lisse n

1. A village and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands

   Meronyms: De Engel, Halfweg, Rooversbroek

Derived terms

• Lissenaar
• Lisser
• Lisserbroek

References

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