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-hou

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-hou and hou is a place-name element found commonly in the Norman toponymy of the Channel Islands and continental Normandy. [1]

36 relations: Albert Dauzat, Alderney, Article (grammar), Auguste Longnon, Auvers, Manche, Écréhous, Brecqhou, Burhou, Channel Islands, Charles Rostaing, Diminutive, Eilert Ekwall, Fingringhoe, French language, Gatteville-le-Phare, Guernsey, Herm, Huttoft, Jethou, Le Mesnil-sous-Jumièges, Le Noyer-en-Ouche, Lihou, Nay, Manche, Néhou, Norman toponymy, Old Norse, Plymouth, Quettehou, Rainow, Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard, Manche, Saint-Sauveur-de-Pierrepont, Sainteny, Sark, Soho, Tatihou, Tribehou.

Albert Dauzat

Albert Dauzat (4 July 1877 – 31 October 1955) was a French linguist specializing in toponymy and onomastics.

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Alderney

Alderney (Aurigny; Auregnais: Aoeur'gny) is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands.

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Article (grammar)

An article (with the linguistic glossing abbreviation) is a word that is used with a noun (as a standalone word or a prefix or suffix) to specify grammatical definiteness of the noun, and in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope.

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Auguste Longnon

Auguste Honoré Longnon (18 October 1844, Paris – 12 July 1911, Paris) was a French historian and archivist.

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Auvers, Manche

Auvers is a commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

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Écréhous

The Ecrehos (or in Jèrriais: Êcrého) are a group of islands and rocks situated six miles (9.6 km) north-east of Jersey, and eight miles (12.8 km) from France.

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Brecqhou

Brecqhou (or Brechou) is one of the Channel Islands, located just west of Sark.

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Burhou

Burhou (pronounced ber-ROO) is a small island about northwest of Alderney that is part of the Channel Islands.

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Channel Islands

The Channel Islands (Norman: Îles d'la Manche; French: Îles Anglo-Normandes or Îles de la Manche) are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy.

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Charles Rostaing

Charles Rostaing (9 October 1904 – 24 April 1999) was a French linguist who specialised in toponymy.

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Diminutive

A diminutive is a word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment.

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Eilert Ekwall

Bror Oscar Eilert Ekwall (born 8 January 1877 in Vallsjö (now in Sävsjö, Jönköpings län, Sweden, died 23 November 1964 in Lund, Skåne län, Sweden), known as Eilert Ekwall, was Professor of English at Sweden's Lund University from 1909 to 1942 and was one of the outstanding scholars of the English language in the first half of the 20th century. He wrote works on the history of English, but he is best known as the author of numerous important books on English placenames (in the broadest sense) and personal names.

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Fingringhoe

Fingringhoe is a village and civil parish in Essex, England located five miles south-east of Colchester.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Gatteville-le-Phare

Gatteville-le-Phare is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France.

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Guernsey

Guernsey is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.

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Herm

Herm (Guernésiais: Haerme, ultimately from Old Norse arms “arm”, due to the shape of the island, or Old French eremite “hermit”) is one of the Channel Islands and part of the Parish of St Peter Port in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

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Huttoft

Huttoft is a big village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

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Jethou

Jethou is a small island that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands.

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Le Mesnil-sous-Jumièges

Le Mesnil-sous-Jumièges is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandie region in north-western France.

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Le Noyer-en-Ouche

Le Noyer-en-Ouche is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France.

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Lihou

Lihou is a small tidal island located just off the west coast of the island of Guernsey, in the English Channel, between Great Britain and France.

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Nay, Manche

Nay is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

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Néhou

Néhou is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

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Norman toponymy

Place-names in Normandy have a variety of origins.

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Old Norse

Old Norse was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements from about the 9th to the 13th century.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a city situated on the south coast of Devon, England, approximately south-west of Exeter and west-south-west of London.

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Quettehou

Quettehou is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France.

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Rainow

Rainow is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, in the valley of the River Dean and next to the B5470 road between Macclesfield and Kettleshulme.

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Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard, Manche

Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

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Saint-Sauveur-de-Pierrepont

Saint-Sauveur-de-Pierrepont is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

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Sainteny

Sainteny is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France.

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Sark

Sark (Sercq; Sercquiais: Sèr or Cerq) is an island in the Channel Islands in the southwestern English Channel, off the coast of Normandy, France.

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Soho

Soho is an area of the City of Westminster, part of the West End of London.

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Tatihou

Tatihou is an island of Normandy in France with an area of.

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Tribehou

Tribehou is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-hou

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