Vilheide
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as VILHEIDE (DE) in 1851. Etymology uncertain. Potentially a compound of villen (“butcher, slaughter”) or a dialectal variant of vaal (“pale, washed-out”) and heide (“heath, heathland”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɪlˈɦɛi̯.də/
- Hyphenation: Vil‧hei‧de
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯də
Proper noun
Vilheide n
- A neighbourhood of Land van Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN