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Dutch
Etymology
Attested as Hitland (Groot en Klein) in 1899. Potentially derived from groot (“great, big”) and either dialectal Hitland (“the Shetland Islands”) or hit (“Shetland pony”) and land (“land”). The toponym contrasts with Klein Hitland.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Groot Hit‧land
Proper noun
Groot Hitland n
- A hamlet in Zuidplas, South Holland, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “groot hitland”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN