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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as de Landhorst in 1544. Compound of land (“land”) (here likely used to refer to arable land) and horst (“overgrown elevated place”). The element land was added to distinguish the settlement from Venhorst.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑnt.ɦɔrst/
- Hyphenation: Land‧horst
Proper noun
Landhorst n
- A village in Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands
- Synonym: Peelleuterrijk (Carnival nickname)
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN