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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as blesewic in 1242. Compound of Middle Dutch Blese (a personal name) and wyc (“farmstead, village, settlement”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bleiswijk n
- A village and former municipality of Lansingerland, South Holland, Netherlands
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “bleiswijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN