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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as papenhoven in 1400. Compound of either Middle Dutch Papo (a personal name) or paap (“priest”) and the dative plural form of hof (“farm, farmstead”).
See also Limburgish Papenhaove.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaː.pə(n)ˌɦoː.və(n)/
- Hyphenation: Pa‧pen‧ho‧ven
Proper noun
Papenhoven n
- A village in Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN