Tienhoven aan de Lek

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Dutch

Etymology

First attested as thienhoeuen and thienhouen in 1253. Compound of Middle Dutch tien (ten) and the plural form of hoeve (piece of land of a certain size). The identifier aan de Lek ("on the Lek") was added in 2019 to avoid confusion with Tienhoven near Vianen.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Tien‧ho‧ven aan de Lek

Proper noun

Tienhoven aan de Lek n

  1. A village and former municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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