Buitenhof
Dutch
Etymology
- (Delft) Attested as Buitenhof in 1960. Derived from buitenhof (“garden or homestead located outside of a city wall”). The toponym contrasts with Voorhof.
- (Leiderdorp) Derived from buitenhof (“garden or homestead located outside of a city wall”). The toponym contrasts with Binnenhof and Voorhof.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Bui‧ten‧hof
Proper noun
Buitenhof n
- A neighbourhood of Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- A neighbourhood of Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “buitenhof”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN