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in reply to a message by K.E.S
It is dutch and it means 'of west Huizen' Huizen is a town in Nothern Holland, and it means 'house'. I hope this helps you.
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how sure are you about this?
in my opinion it means "from Westhuizen", where the latter is not the same as West-Huizen. I don't there's such a thing as West-Huizen. Normally in nowadays Dutch on road signs, it would be Huizen-West. Moreover, the surname Westerhuis is from a place called Westhuis near Marrum. The meaning of these placenames is "western houses".
in my opinion it means "from Westhuizen", where the latter is not the same as West-Huizen. I don't there's such a thing as West-Huizen. Normally in nowadays Dutch on road signs, it would be Huizen-West. Moreover, the surname Westerhuis is from a place called Westhuis near Marrum. The meaning of these placenames is "western houses".
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Oh yes, I was making a assumption due to english, I apologize, for the mistake.
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Yes, it does. Thank you very much. ^_^
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