Hoornaar
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as hoirnair in 1475-1476. Etymology uncertain. Potentially a compound of Middle Dutch horn (“protruding bend, corner”) and either aar (“brook, stream”) or haar (“sandy ridge”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Hoor‧naar
Proper noun
Hoornaar n
- A village and former municipality of Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Hoornaarder
- Hoornaars
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “hoornaar”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN