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Cottessen
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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as quoidthusen in 1325. Compound of nl dum quoit bad, small (perhaps used here in the rare sense swampy) and the dative plural form of nl huis house. The reading of the first element as nl kot shack, cottage is erroneous.
See also gmw-cfr Kotteze.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈkɔ.tə.sə(n)/
nl Cot tes sen
Proper noun
n
nl hamlet mun/Vaals p/Limburg c/Netherlands
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