- Source: Hou
Hou or HOU may refer to:
-hou, a place-name element
Hou (surname)
Rick Hou (born 1958), Solomon Islander politician
Hou (currency) (Chinese: 毫), a unit of currency in Greater China
Hou (Odder Municipality), a town in Denmark
Hou (title) (Chinese: 后), a title in ancient China
Denglong (mythology) or Hou (Chinese: 犼), a Chinese legendary creature
Hands-On Universe, an educational program
Hellenic Open University, in Patras, Greece
Hero of Ukraine
Hounslow railway station (National Rail station code: HOU), London, England
A common abbreviation for the U.S. city of Houston, Texas and its major professional sports teams:
Houston Astros, the city's Major League Baseball team
Houston Rockets, the city's National Basketball Association team
Houston Texans, the city's National Football League team
HOU, IATA code for William P. Hobby Airport
See also
Ho (disambiguation)- Source: -hou
-hou or hou is a place-name element found commonly in the Norman toponymy of the Channel Islands and continental Normandy.
Etymology and signification
Its etymology and meaning are disputed, but most specialists think it comes from Saxon or Anglo-Saxon hōh "heel", sometimes hō, then "heel-shaped promontory", "rocky steep slope", "steep shore". This toponymic appellative appears as a final -hou or associated with the Romance definite article le Hou. It can be found everywhere in Normandy, but more in the western part of it.
The English toponymy uses this Saxon or Anglo-Saxon element the same way, but its result is phonetically -hoo or -hoe, sometimes -(h)ow or -ho e. g. : Northoo (Suffolk); Poddinghoo (Worcestershire); Millhoo (Essex); Fingringhoe (Essex); Rainow (Cheshire); Soho (London); etc. As an independent element it is Hoe, Hoo, Hooe, Ho or the Hoe, e.g. the Hoe at Plymouth (Dorset) above the harbour.
In Normandy, it may have sometimes mixed up with Old Norse hólmr, meaning a small island, and often found anglicised elsewhere as "holm". It can still be found in modern Scandinavian languages, e.g. Stockholm. The normal evolution of hólmr in Normandy is -homme, -houme, even -onne at the end of a toponym and le Homme, le Houlme, le Hom with the article. The Norman toponym and diminutive hommet / houmet also derives from this element.
In Parisian French, the equivalent is îlot, which is cognate with the English "islet".
Channel Islands
= Bailiwick of Guernsey
=
Off Guernsey
Lihou
Off Alderney
Burhou
Off Herm
Jethou
Off Sark
Brecqhou
= Bailiwick of Jersey
=
Les Écréhous
La Rocco (from rocque-hou)
Icho (from ic-hou)
Continental Normandy
=
Manche
Bléhou, hamlet at Sainteny.
Bunehou, hamlet and manor at Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard.
Ingrehou, hamlet at Saint-Sauveur-de-Pierrepont.
Cap Lihou, à Granville
Néhou, hamlet at Auvers.
Nehou, hamlet at Gatteville-le-Phare.
Primehou, hamlet at Nay.
Tatihou
Quettehou
Néhou
Tribehou
Eure
Quatre-houx (Catehou 1174, Cathoux without date), hamlet at le Noyer-en-Ouche
Seine-Maritime
Le Conihout (Conihou end of the 12th century), hamlet at le Mesnil-sous-Jumièges
= Variant form Ho- / Hau-
=
Hotot
Hautot
See Huttoft, England
Notes
References
Noms de lieux de Normandie, René Lepelley, 1999 Paris ISBN 2-86253-247-9
Jersey Place Names, Stevens, Arthur & Stevens, 1986 Jersey ISBN 0-901897-17-5
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
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