Grote Voort

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Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as hervort in 1303, attested with certainty as 't Voort in 1556. Derived from groot (big, great) and voorde (ford, crossing). So named to distinguish the settlement from Kleine Voort.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣroː.tə ˈvoːrt/
  • Hyphenation: Gro‧te Voort
  • Rhymes: -oːrt

Proper noun

Grote Voort n

  1. A hamlet in Hilvarenbeek, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

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