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Huij.

a hamlet in Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ɦœy̯/
  1. a hamlet in Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Potentially attested as Groote Heug and Klyne Heug in 1803-1820, attested with certainty as den Huy in 1838-1857. Etymology unknown. Potentially related to dialectal hui (“whey”), the dialectal expression hui drinken (“to do poorly, to fare ill”) (here as a reference to soil quality), or hui (“owl”). Compare Huijbergen.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.