Holysloot

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as holensloot in 1343. Compound of an inflected form of Middle Dutch hol (“low-lying, deep, swampy”) and sloot (“ditch”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Ho‧ly‧sloot

Proper noun

Holysloot n

  1. A village and former municipality of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “holysloot”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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