Schouw.
a hamlet in De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands
Meaning & usage
a hamlet in De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands
a hamlet in Gemert-Bakel, North Brabant, Netherlands
a neighbourhood of Lelystad, Flevoland, Netherlands
Where this word comes from
* (Friesland): First attested as Schouw in 1847. Calque of West Frisian De Skou, derived from skou (“ferry”). * (Noord-Brabant): First attested as die hoge schaut in 1382. Potentially derived from dialectal schave (“pasture, hayfield”), itself derived from Medieval Latin escavatum (“cavity”). * (Flevoland): Derived from schouw (“type of ship”).
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