Butterhuizen
Dutch
Etymology
Attested as Butter Huysen in 1631. Compound of a dialectal form of boter (“butter”) and the plural form of huis (“house”). Named after a nearby ditch.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: But‧ter‧hui‧zen
Proper noun
Butterhuizen n
- A neighbourhood of Dijk en Waard, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “butterhuizen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN