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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
- A hamlet in Hilvarenbeek, North Brabant, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN