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Gijzel.

a hamlet in Vught, North Brabant, Netherlands

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈɣɛi̯.zəl/
  1. a hamlet in Vught, North Brabant, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

First attested as ghesele in 1285. Etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from Old Dutch sele (“hall home”) prefixed with the collectivising prefix ge-. An alternative hypothesis posits a derivation from a compound of either Old Dutch Giso (a personal name) or Middle Dutch gees (“infertile”) and lo (“light forest”).

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