Hoogmade
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Oma (dialect form)
Etymology
First attested as hoghe made in 1280-1287. Compound of Middle Dutch hooch (“high, elevated”) and made (“meadow, pasture”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Hoog‧ma‧de
Proper noun
Hoogmade n
- A village and former municipality of Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Hoogmadenaar
- Hoogmades
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “hoogmade”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN