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Oosterhout
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en nl Oosterhout.
Proper noun
en city/and/municipality p/North Brabant c/Netherlands.
en village mun/Overbetuwe p/Gelderland c/Netherlands.
en neighborhood city/Nijmegen p/Gelderland c/Netherlands.
Dutch
Etymology
From nl ooster- eastern hout rising forest.
(Noord-Brabant) First attested as hosterholte in 1156. The element ooster was added to distinguish the settlement from nl Den Hout.
(Overbetuwe) First attested as ostreholt at the end of the 11th century.
(Nijmegen) Named after the neighbouring village.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈoːs.tərˌɦɑu̯t/
nl Nl-Oosterhout.ogg
nl Oos ter hout
Proper noun
n
nl city/and/municipality p/North Brabant c/Netherlands
nl Kaaiendonk<qq:Carnival nickname>
nl Baarschot Den Hout Dorst Eind van Den Hout Groenendijk Heikant Heistraat Hespelaar Klein Oosterhout Oosteind Seters Steenoven Ter Aalst Ter Horst 't Hoekske Vijfhuizen Vrachelen
nl village mun/Overbetuwe p/Gelderland c/Netherlands
nl Nölerhout<qq:Carnival nickname>
nl neighborhood city/Nijmegen p/Gelderland c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Oosterhouter
nl Oosterhouts
nl Klein Oosterhout
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