Voorschoten

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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Voorschoten.

Proper noun

Voorschoten

  1. A village and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as forschate in 918-948. Compound of the hydronym Fore and Old Frisian schate (“piece of land which juts upwards”). Compare Veur and Voorburg.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Voor‧scho‧ten

Proper noun

Voorschoten n

  1. A village and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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