gouw

Meaning

1. (archaic, feminine, historical) shire, geographical and/or administrative region
2. (Middle-Ages, archaic, feminine, historical) shire, geographical and/or administrative region
3. (Nazism, archaic, feminine, historical) shire, geographical and/or administrative region

Concepts

district

province

area

region

Synonyms

arrondissement

district

gewest

provincie

Translations

Bezirk

Distrikt

Provinz

Amtsbezirk

arrondissement

Gau

province

distretto

arrondissement de commune

circondario

provincia

arrondiment

districte

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɣɑu̯/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: gou

Inherited from Old Dutch: gō

Cognate with Western Frisian: gea

Cognate with German: Gau

In summary

From Middle Dutch gou, gau, gō (genitive gooy), from Old Dutch gō, from Proto-West Germanic *gawi, from Proto-Germanic *gawją, a collective form equivalent to ge- (“a prefix that indicates a single collective whole”) + ouwe (“land near water or drenched with water”). Cognate of West Frisian gea, goa, German Gau.