Biest-Houtakker
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Biest is first attested as byest in 1488. Houtakker is first attested as houtacker in 1428. Biest derives from bies (“rush, Scirpus sp.”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -t. Houtakker derives from a compound of hout (“rising deciduous forest”) and akker (“farmland”).
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Proper noun[edit]
Biest-Houtakker n
- A village in Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Pinnekleuversgat (Carnival nickname)
References[edit]
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN