Braakhuizen
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Braechuysen in 1635. Compound of braak (“intensively ploughed land, heath converted to farmland”) and the plural form of huis (“house”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /braːkˈɦœy̯.zə(n)/
- Hyphenation: Braak‧hui‧zen
- Rhymes: -œy̯zən
Proper noun
Braakhuizen n
- A neighbourhood of Geldrop-Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN