Petten

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Dutch

Etymology

First attested as pathem in 918-948. Compound of a variant of Old Dutch put (“well”) and hēm (“home, settlement”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Pet‧ten

Proper noun

Petten n

  1. A village and former municipality of Schagen, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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