Hutt

See also: hutt and hütt

English

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Hutt

Wikipedia

Etymology

Named after Sir William Hutt, chairman of the New Zealand Company.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʌt/
• Rhymes: -ʌt

Proper noun

Hutt

1. A surname.
2. A former county in the modern Wellington region, New Zealand, which was abolished in 1989; in full, Hutt County.

Proper noun

the Hutt

1. A river and valley in Western Australia.
   • 1841, “Australind”, in The Monthly Chronicle, volume VII, page 402:

     The following passages describe the banks of the Hutt, to which allusion has already been made as the largest river of Western Australia yet known.

2. A river and valley in the Wellington region, North Island, New Zealand.
   • 1869, J. C. Crawford, Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, page 344:

     Having forded the Hutt, I proceeded up the course of the Akatarewa.

Derived terms

• Hutt River
• Lower Hutt
• Upper Hutt

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German huot, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz. Cognate with German Hut, Dutch hoed, English hood.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hut/
• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

Hutt m (plural Hitt)

1. hat

Plautdietsch

Noun

Hutt f

1. protection, care