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Oirschot
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en nl Oirschot.
Proper noun
en village/and/municipality p/North Brabant c/Netherlands.
Dutch
Alternative forms
nl Orskot dialect form
Etymology
First attested as oroscoth around the beginning of the 11th century. Compound of an unclear first element and either nl schoot piece of land that juts upward or nl schot enclosed space, fenced-in land. The first element may be cognate with odt or sand mixed with pebbles. Compare nl Oerle and nl Olen.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈoːrˌsxɔt/
nl Nl-Oirschot.ogg
nl Oir schot
Proper noun
n
nl village/and/municipality p/North Brabant c/Netherlands
nl Boterwijk Evenheuvel Groenewoud Hedel Hoogeind Huijgevoort Kattenberg Kuikseind Lieveld Middelbeers Oostelbeers Pandgat Polsdonken Spoordonk Straten Theetuin Tregelaar Voorteind Westelbeers
Derived terms
nl Oirschottenaar
nl Oirschots
References