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Dutch
Etymology
Attested as De Negen Huyzen in 1712. Compound of negen (“nine”) and the plural form of huis (“house”). The settlement originally consisted of nine houses.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Ne‧gen‧hui‧zen
Proper noun
Negenhuizen n
- A hamlet in Midden-Delfland, South Holland, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “negenhuizen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN