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Gilze.

a village in Gilze en Rijen, North Brabant, Netherlands

5 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈɣɪl.zə/
  1. a village in Gilze en Rijen, North Brabant, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

First attested as gilisa in 1012-1018. Perhaps derived from an ancient hydronym related to Old Norse gil (“gap, ravine”). An alternative hypothesis proposes a compound derived from Old Dutch *gîsil (“twig, branch”) and lo (“light forest”), but this proposed etymology does not match well with the oldest attestations.

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