Ho is a village in southwestern
Jutland
Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...
in the
Varde Municipality
Varde Municipality is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Erik Buhl Nielsen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. ...
, in
Region of Southern Denmark
The Region of Southern Denmark ( da, Region Syddanmark, ; german: Region Süddänemark, ; frr, Regiuun Syddanmark) is an administrative Regions of Denmark, region of Denmark established on Monday 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Munici ...
. Many tourists, especially
Germans
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, visit the village primarily because of the nature of the area. It is 7 kilometers from
Blåvand, 11 kilometers from
Oksbøl
Oksbøl is a town in southwestern Jutland in the Varde Municipality, in Region of Southern Denmark. As of 1 January 2022, it has a population of 2,815.
Notable people
* Æ Tinuser Æ Tinuser (Standard Danish: Tinus brødrene, English The Tinus ...
and 32 from
Esbjerg
Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport town and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban population of 71,698 (1 January 2022) .
Etymology
Ho is linked to
Ho Bugt Ho Bay ( da, Ho Bugt) is a Danish bay with an approximate area of . It constitutes the northern end of the Wadden Sea, and lies between Skallingen in the southwest, Ho in the west, Oksbøl to the north and Hjerting to the east. At the northeaster ...
. Ho is derived from Hõi, which means trough or cart. Ho can therefore be translated into "the fjord that looks like a trough".
[Ploug, s. 23]
See also
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List of short place names
This is a list of short place names, natively in Latin characters or romanized, with one or two letters.
One-letter place names
* A, a former village in Kami-Amakusa city, Kumamoto, Japan
*Á, a farm in Dalabyggð municipality, Dalasýsla, I ...
Bibliography
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References
Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark
Varde Municipality
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