-hou or hou is a place-name element found commonly in the Norman toponymy of the Channel Islands and continental Normandy. == Etymology and signification == Its etymology and meaning are disputed, but most specialists think it comes from Saxon or Anglo-Saxon hōh "heel", sometimes hō, then "heel-shaped promontory", "rocky steep slope", "steep shore".
-hou or hou is a place-name element found commonly in the Norman toponymy of the Channel Islands and continental Normandy. == Etymology and signification == Its etymology and meaning are disputed, but most specialists think it comes from Saxon or Anglo-Saxon hōh "heel", sometimes hō, then "heel-shaped promontory", "rocky steep slope", "steep shore".
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