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VAN HOFWEGEN
SOURCE: Location
USAGE: Dutch
Meaning & History
Means "of Hofwegen". Hofwegen was a small town in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. The town was removed in 1855, as was the town Bleskensgraaf. Both towns became one town in the same year. The name of that new town would be Bleskensgraaf En Hofwegen until 1986. In that year, also Bleskensgraaf En Hofwegen was removed, and a new town called Graafstroom was founded.
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