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Pesse.

a village in Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands

5 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈpɛ.sə/
  1. a village in Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Potentially attested as petthe in 1141, attested with certainty as in petthe in 1217. Perhaps derived from a collectivised form of Proto-Germanic *paþa- (“mud, swamp”) or from Old Dutch pad (“path, narrow road”). Compare Paddepoel, Padhuis and Peize.

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