Holysloot

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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, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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